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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think Ivy admissions look at some of these kids and think, "he just doesn't seem like a cool kid?" I mean, you read these descriptions the parents are providing here and all I can think is, do they even have a life? Know who they are? Want anything in life other than admission to Harvard or Yale? Don't they want kids who they know have a desire to make the world--not themselves--a better place? Who will be interesting, engaging members of their school community? Can just too much stuff (I'm thinking the recent illustration of "top tier ECs") just be a giant turn off? I know this sounds like I'm being mean. I'm not trying to. My kids could never ever get into one of these schools and I am impressed by many of these ambitious kids. But some just seem, I don't know, too ambitious. And their parents seen downright obnoxious.[/quote]

I do wonder if they can sniff out the highly-curated resumes of some of these kids.  There is a huge difference between kids who genuinely pursue their passions and achieve amazing things as a result vs kids who desperately want to get into "elite" schools and, as a result, come up with "a passion".  They "start a nonprofit" or do something else as a result of said passion.  Maybe it's harder to fake than these kids think.[/quote]

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