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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see the DOJ suing private universities for promoting “lived experiences”[/quote]
It's the right thing to do. They better do it![/quote]

Thats silly.  Lived experience is what contributes to who we are.  For example, a student demonstrating grit by overcoming homelessness or poverty is a lived experience.  Why should that not be shared?  Because that might give them a boost over student from a wealthy family in a private high school with well funded research opportunities and test prep?  Please...[/quote]

They can incorporate that into any essay or supplemental. These lived experience ones have become the mandatory essays and they are pretty stupid.  These kids are 18. 90% of them haven’t “lived” yet. [/quote]

Your kid truly has no lived experience to discuss? It’s not that hard to find something to write about.  A little creativity would help.[/quote]

My kid does not. No hardship story at least. She's lived a normal MC life so far w/o tragedy - as did I and most other kids from my HS back in the dark ages when I was applying to college. The problem is now the expectation that these 17 year olds are all crazy super human stand outs just to get into a strong non-Ivy. [/quote]
Lived experience doesn’t mean tragedy. It means having something interesting about yourself that makes you unique and shows you have something to say. If one doesn’t have the maturity to reflect and analyze, they won’t make it far.[/quote]

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