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[quote=Anonymous]If the major relates to, say, English, the quality of the essays themselves will also be heavily scrutinized.

I do think the schools know this is happening. I was sitting in a session where the student literally raised his hand and asked the AO if he can apply as a humanities major and then transfer. The answer in that case was a hard “no” (Berkeley).

To make this work for a highly selective school a student would need to fake enthusiasm for recommendations, fake enthusiasm for the interview, fake enthusiasm and get stellar grades in numerous humanities courses, fake enthusiasm for summer activities, etc. etc. If your kid is this strong an actor, maybe he should be applying to Juilliard  instead!

Joking aside… what are you teaching your kids if you encourage them this way? That their honest effort at being the best of who they are will not generate a result that is good enough to make you proud? That the ends justifies the means? How can they feel safe taking risks when all that matters is the result?

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