Anonymous wrote:Her writing is very odd to me. I have a 10th grader at NCS and she's a very good writer because she's learned it by trial and fire at NCS. There are kids in her grade who are brilliant writers.

Like or hate NCS, they teach the girls to write

Imagine someone criticizing your daughter the way you just criticized this NCS recent grad. I think that's gross.

Her writing is very odd to me. I have a 10th grader at NCS and she's a very good writer because she's learned it by trial and fire at NCS. There are kids in her grade who are brilliant writers.

Like or hate NCS, they teach the girls to write

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Anonymous wrote:‘I should’ve gone to Yale. Even though I didn’t like it as much, at least no one would attribute my acceptance to my last name.‘

It’s artfully worded. It’s implied but not stated.

Usually the ‘legacy angst’ goes away if you also applied and were accepted to a school that’s even harder to get into.

Don’t get me wrong legacies at ivies are no slouches. Most legacy applicants are rejected. But there is a reason people pick to apply to the school where they have a hook.

No one turns down Yale for Dartmouth.

Calling BS in this.

If you have a cancer center at UVA named after a family member, the name on your degree is meaningless. For that level of wealth, there is no difference between Dartmouth and Yale

She applied (and was accepted) ED to Dartmouth.
It's weird that she even brings up Yale. No one from her NCS class went to Yale although many applied.
The entire article is odd.

It is odd. As is her defensiveness about how she adds value to the class even though people assume that as a double legacy she must be less qualified. After reading that op-ed, I tend to think she is the beneficiary of a legacy preference--her writing isn't that good, even looking past the cringe-y, tone-deaf content. And also weird to me, that both she and her father majored in art history at Dartmouth. Might as well just tattoo "child of a privileged family" on her forehead.

Her father took enough science classes to end up in med school. At least at SLACs, it used to be common to major in something you enjoyed while taking the prerequisites for med school

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, my parents went to Dartmouth. So did two of my grandfathers, two aunts and an uncle.


You lost me here. Unfortunately??

I think she was trying to be funny and lighthearted, but lacks the comedic chops and the whole essay just falls flat.

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Anonymous wrote:‘I should’ve gone to Yale. Even though I didn’t like it as much, at least no one would attribute my acceptance to my last name.‘

It’s artfully worded. It’s implied but not stated.

Usually the ‘legacy angst’ goes away if you also applied and were accepted to a school that’s even harder to get into.

Don’t get me wrong legacies at ivies are no slouches. Most legacy applicants are rejected. But there is a reason people pick to apply to the school where they have a hook.

No one turns down Yale for Dartmouth.

Calling BS in this.

If you have a cancer center at UVA named after a family member, the name on your degree is meaningless. For that level of wealth, there is no difference between Dartmouth and Yale

She applied (and was accepted) ED to Dartmouth.
It's weird that she even brings up Yale. No one from her NCS class went to Yale although many applied.
The entire article is odd.

It is odd. As is her defensiveness about how she adds value to the class even though people assume that as a double legacy she must be less qualified. After reading that op-ed, I tend to think she is the beneficiary of a legacy preference--her writing isn't that good, even looking past the cringe-y, tone-deaf content. And also weird to me, that both she and her father majored in art history at Dartmouth. Might as well just tattoo "child of a privileged family" on her forehead.

This is her dad:

https://www.inova.org/doctors/raymond-c-wadlow-md

Anonymous wrote:Is this her father? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wadlow

Her Aunt is Katie Couric. No wonder she got in. Not only is she a legacy but she has very visible connections.

That's her uncle.

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, my parents went to Dartmouth. So did two of my grandfathers, two aunts and an uncle.


You lost me here. Unfortunately??

Wish that you had edited the article--at least with respect to word choice.

Unfortunately, my parents went to Dartmouth. So did two of my grandfathers, two aunts and an uncle.


You lost me here. Unfortunately??

Anonymous wrote:Is this her father? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wadlow

Her Aunt is Katie Couric. No wonder she got in. Not only is she a legacy but she has very visible connections.

This suggests that the Dartmouth article is more interesting based on who wrote it rather than on its content.

Anonymous wrote:You are all way too harsh on this kid. She is 19!!!

+100 there are some very jealous people in this area and mean.

Is this her father? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wadlow

Her Aunt is Katie Couric. No wonder she got in. Not only is she a legacy but she has very visible connections.

INSUFFERABLE!!!!!!!!!! Makes me want to vomit. Truly makes my blood boil.

The theme of the article is contained in the sentence:

"College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery and introspection, but instead of finding myself, I feel like I'm morphing into my parents."

The article is an interesting--albeit self-absorbed--piece lacking in meaningful insights.

The final sentence should have been removed by the editor and the writer should have been encouraged to develop a more insightful, thought-provoking conclusion.

While mildly entertaining, it is clearly an article written by an immature writer overseen by an immature, insensitive editor, yet there is value in the unabashed truthfulness revealed by a courageous college freshman willing to expose herself and her thoughts to public scrutiny.

Anonymous wrote:this thread makes the kid who wrote the article look like the normal one.

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