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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading through the above posts; sounds like you need to be a unicorn - the child of a celebrity, an instagram influencer, whose application needs to be reviewed and polished (but not too polished); a URM, who plays a niche sport, but not a niche sport, and not a URM, child of a CEO, but not a nepo-baby…. All of the above, but ultimately, not being who you really are 🫤[/quote]

Nope. What you need to be is who you really are — skills, passions, accomplishments, interests and all.  But, [b]if your interests and skills are pretty common and easily gained[/b], there won’t really be anything that makes one application stand out from another— beyond personality characteristics.  If that’s not who you “really” are — but who you’ve been coached to be, they’re not looking to just add another checked box to your list of accomplishments, for the most part. They’re also looking for at least some students whose lives will be changed by being there — who will then go on to impact other lives and communities.   That’s my take and my experience, anyway.

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That's why people hire college coaches starting in 9th grade. Develop the pointy narrative. I know 2 kids at Yale that benefitted from this btw. So as for the idea that AOs can suss out "authenticity" - nope.[/quote]

I love Yale and their AOs but agree they cannot tell authenticity from coaching! Our high school sent one there this year and it is so obvious this kid had a consultant. I don’t know the kid personally but have seen his resume — ugh Hannah and Mark, do better! [/quote]

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