Anonymous wrote:Someone got in from DC’s school who has several patents pertaining to insects and has developed a novel mosquito repellent and is an amateur blacksmith etc etc. It’s kind of ridiculous.

Sounds super contrived to me. The 'unique' interests, passion projects, etc. almost seem comical and trite. Rarely genuine. Do admissions people really believe it or see through this stuff? I know a kid who, at the recommendation of a private counselor, spent years cultivating a niche environmental science topic with 'published research' for their college profile. The counselor created the plan and they were coached on the entire process. - but it worked because they are now at Duke! Just makes me skeptical when I hear things like this...

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Anonymous wrote:The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

Seriously. Holistic admissions is ruining our colleges. We need something akin to a gaokao; otherwise, colleges will be allowed to continue discriminating against Jewish and Asian applicants.

Puh-leeze, it’s white male and Asian male applicants who have been getting a raw deal. Not sure where you’ve been …

This past year has dropped the kimono on how Ackman and bad actors just like him have been pressuring administrators and ensuring the opposite of Jewish discrimination at top schools.

Ivies no longer want all these stupid math competitions. They don’t want quizbowl. They don’t want Olympiad. Be different.

My kid got into an ivy with something similar to the blacksmith extracurricular. Obviously had the grades and the scores to meet the baseline.

You guys are all missing the point.
See the forest through the trees.

Anonymous wrote:The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

You're not wrong. The VC douchebags that Stanford produces these days aren't exactly making the world a better place. The ability to make a good horseshoe would be a better skill set than the parasites that Stanford is producing these days. And I say that as someone with three generations that went to Stanford. It is not what it once was.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

Seriously. Holistic admissions is ruining our colleges. We need something akin to a gaokao; otherwise, colleges will be allowed to continue discriminating against Jewish and Asian applicants.

The blacksmith is Jewish if that helps at all.

lol

Anonymous wrote:Kid from my DC’s high school last year was a regeneron finalist and was deferred from SCEA school (later admitted), admitted to nearly every school in RD EXCEPT Stanford. That kid is at Harvard now. Don’t know who gets into Stanford nowadays.

Clearly not a good bunch. They’re the number one producers in douchy start up tech bros looking to replace you with a robot. Stanford alum truly do so little for the world

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

Seriously. Holistic admissions is ruining our colleges. We need something akin to a gaokao; otherwise, colleges will be allowed to continue discriminating against Jewish and Asian applicants.

The blacksmith is Jewish if that helps at all.

Anonymous wrote:The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

Seriously. Holistic admissions is ruining our colleges. We need something akin to a gaokao; otherwise, colleges will be allowed to continue discriminating against Jewish and Asian applicants.

Very smart athletes. That’s who gets in.

Did anyone besides athletes get in?

The world needs more Stanford-educated blacksmiths.

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. 1590, Math Olympiad awards, on a top ranked robotics team. Literally don't know what more they could've wanted.

This happened to one of DC’s friends 2 years ago. Amazingly accomplished kid with 36 ACT and top grades/rigor. DC says one of the smartest kids he’s ever met. Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense. Better things are ahead for your DC but it definitely stings right now.

Kid from my DC’s high school last year was a regeneron finalist and was deferred from SCEA school (later admitted), admitted to nearly every school in RD EXCEPT Stanford. That kid is at Harvard now. Don’t know who gets into Stanford nowadays.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else’s kid got deferred?

Mine...

Anyone else’s kid got deferred?