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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe anyone who has been through the college process in the last 5 years believes the "AOs can see right through this."

Two reasons:

1. Our communal lived experience. Kid after kid with mom and dad generated internships, fancy ECs, and published papers have gotten in to top schools when the kids we were all rooting for (not nec. are own) and really deserved it did not. Because no, that after school job at their mom and dad's restaurant didn't really impress these AOs while Chad's soon-to-be-dropped "passion project" did.

2. The published fact that more and more readers and now AOs are underpaid, sometimes seasonal workers with less than 3 year experience.  Not only can't they "see through this", they also aren't as familiar as your school counselors tell you about how hard your high school is, what that award means, or any of the rest of it.

The system is broken and the market has stepped in to take advantage.  [/quote]

Yes, this is what we see in the Boston area.  And they aren’t ashamed of it either. [/quote]

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