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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that that kind of story works well for many upper middle class (private school?) kids.  It's just as generic as the other parts of the application.

What the privates offer wrt college admissions is not so much advice re packaging/storytelling as insight re which colleges are looking for kids like yours.  In my admittedly limited experience, they also do a good job with recs and deadlines and keeping everyone involved in the process on task and on time.[/quote]

[b]Why wouldn't it work for upper middle class kids?[/b]. I basically provided the formula for how to articulate the course you have charted as per 10:13, who said the same thing but was a bit vaguer in advice. Obviously don't sit there and spew off those sentences fill in the blank style, but if you can cover all those points with compelling, personal answers, you will drastically increase you me chances of getting in. [/quote]

In part because it *is* a formula. And in part because the obstacles are usually fairly trivial/similar (and the ones that are real -- e.g. serious depression -- may send up red flags).  Also, there's no way you can know these stories "worked" because you haven't seen the rest of the pool and other parts of the applications (e.g. recs).

I think that the difference between your answer and mine is not primarily the degree of specificity but a focus on where kids put their energy and why in the years leading up to college vs. a focus on how to play the applications game.  (I'd have different answers from yours re the latter question as well).[/quote]

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