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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have more respect for the process now as it seems to weed-out the "packaged" type applicants who worked so hard beefing up their resumes just to look good to the TJ admissions people. [/quote]

If all the 480 applicants that have been selected have written their student information sheet all by themselves for the so called self-reflection, kudos to them. But the truth is they have been trained to say things that an admissions committee member likes. Tiger moms will  get the training for these "packaged" type of applicants because they know their target, would figure out all aspects of what works. It is probably not s surprise to anyone that so many training places exist that will train, review the student authored information sheets. This system helps the followers, not leaders. In otherwords, it is stereotyping naturally passionate people that didn't care to beef up the some parts of their skills against the others. If you have followed the recent articles about TJ, their graduates have explicitly admitted that they didn't care about science and math before admission or after graduation. Isn't this detrimental to TJ's mission? Isn't it better to weigh some one that has already demonstrated capabilities and interest rather than some one that is writing outright lies on their data sheet?

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guess what - ask how many harvard / yale / princeton science majors are doing grad work in fundamental science?  how many are now in hedge funds, consulting, or investment banking, or from an older 1/2 generation in medicine and law?  you'll find that in the quantitative sciences excelling in school is just a way to distinguish yourself enough to "make the grade" - whether is for TJ admission or even after you get into the ivys.  that's just part of the college game - especially if you are not from a majority culture in america where there are opportunities to excell in your own arts/humanities areas that the colleges would recognize - e.g. the top winner of the annual hebrew/torah national competition gets into harvard - it's a reserved slot from the harvard near eastern studies department - but is there an annual korean literature competition - and does the harvard east asian studies department have a reserved slot for that student - no - so the korean kid who could be the best literateur has to play the science game --- that's just the way it is.[/quote]

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