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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the days of legacy admission are fully over. My DD was denied yesterday, despite both parents and one grandparent graduating undergrad. One parent also got an MBA there, one grandparent got their JD there and one grandparent taught there for 15 years. What's that, 6 hooks? Stats weren't perfect (obviously), but were on par for a gimme admission. She wasn't going to go even if she got in but I have to admit to being shocked.[/quote] Grad school alum isn't a hook and unless your family was given 6-7 figure gifts, then being a legacy really isn't a hook. And she wasn't going to go and that probably reflected in her essays and interview. So you shouldn't really be shocked.[/quote] Her interviewer was a lesbian woman in a hotel lobby who basically crapped on my DD's many athletic achievements and spent the 15 minutes big upping 'diversity.' It was garbage.[/quote] What does the interviewer being a lesbian have to do with anything?[/quote] It has everything to do with it. They paired her with someone quite opposite of her and not familiar with her life circumstances. If I said my DD were black, urban and liberal and they paired her with a white male rural conservative you'd agree it was inappropriate.[/quote] THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. My son had mostly women, minorites and trans or other sexualities for all of his interviews at Ivies/SLACs/GU, etc. If your kid can't handle interviewing with someone that is not exactly like them or doesn't know their life story, well that right there shows you that maybe they aren't cut out for it. Schools look for kids that can handle anything.[/quote] I didn't say they couldn't handle it. I said it was crap. Do you know the difference? :lol: :lol: :lol: [/quote]
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