Reply to Good alternatives to UVA and William and Mary?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Good alternatives to UVA and William and Mary?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a college admissions professional I can say that grades and SATs aren't everything, but do mean quite a bit and grades are more important that SATs in the scheme of things.  That said I think the most important this is where does yous child WANT to go?  I see so many applications that and the ones that stand out are where the student essays really focus on why the student wants to attend my institution.  I doesn't  make up for poor grades, but if I have an opening and two equal borderline students I usually will lean towards a student with a meaningful desire to attend my school.  [b](Not an essay obviously written be a parent/professional - I'm looking at you DCUMs!)[/b][/quote]

can you really tell which ones are written by the parents/professional? I don't work in admissions at all, but I think I'd be able to tell - or at least have suspicions. 
So what gives it away?[/quote]

Er...have you seen the way most kids write? Ok, maybe more difficult to tell at that age but you wouldn't believe the number of non-age appropriate perfect papers we see at our private K - 8. :shock: [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics