Anonymous
Post 08/05/2025 08:44     Subject: Re:Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.


I'm glad there are consequences for all the woke nonsense. I hope they learn their lesson and they can go back to their core mission.

I'm glad they have come to the conclusion that their core mission is academics and research and not social engineering.


+1000

All the woke supporters are now experiencing what it is like when the shoe is on the other foot. Good!
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2025 08:27     Subject: Re:Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.


There was nothing in the prompt that prevents the answer from discussing a political community of any persuasion.


Sure, you could talk about anytime but these prompts didn't really exist before they banned affirmative action. These prompts were fishing for stories about race.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2025 08:25     Subject: Re:Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.


I'm glad there are consequences for all the woke nonsense. I hope they learn their lesson and they can go back to their core mission.

I'm glad they have come to the conclusion that their core mission is academics and research and not social engineering.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2025 06:56     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2025 05:52     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And is re-writing them as part of a settlement.


Duke removed the diversity prompt from supplementals.

Harvard reworded from “a diverse student body” to “a student body with a diversity of perspectives and experiences.”


Which is the same thing.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 23:08     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
3. To support MAGA by working for President Trump, I would become Trump’s new Press Secretary. I know nothing about being a Press Secretary, but I would immediately become the best Press Secretary Trump (or Biden) has ever had.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 22:26     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:And is re-writing them as part of a settlement.


Duke removed the diversity prompt from supplementals.

Harvard reworded from “a diverse student body” to “a student body with a diversity of perspectives and experiences.”
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 22:07     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:Everyone is.

Saw an admissions reader post on a FB group that UVA lack of supplements was due to a federal settlement/probe.


+1 came to say same
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 22:03     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:In the age of AI, it would be better for colleges to do away with essays all together. They can use all the other information on the application. Even the non-AI stuff isn’t necessarily true, and how would they know?

+1
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 22:02     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
In the age of AI, it would be better for colleges to do away with essays all together. They can use all the other information on the application. Even the non-AI stuff isn’t necessarily true, and how would they know?
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 21:54     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank god. Maybe fewer colleges will inquire about our 18 year old kids’ “Lived” experiences. As if they had ‘unlived’ ones. Such BS


Why is asking about the experiences one has lived "BS"? You have one. I have one. They are different.

DP. Because it’s not designed to really learn about your lived experience (you think they give an F a bout it?) It’s used to identify their desired race and demographics.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 21:40     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:Thank god. Maybe fewer colleges will inquire about our 18 year old kids’ “Lived” experiences. As if they had ‘unlived’ ones. Such BS


Why is asking about the experiences one has lived "BS"? You have one. I have one. They are different.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 21:17     Subject: Re:Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."


1. Because he got into/transferred in to Penn without studying or taking a test on his own
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 19:39     Subject: Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Thank god. Maybe fewer colleges will inquire about our 18 year old kids’ “Lived” experiences. As if they had ‘unlived’ ones. Such BS
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2025 18:23     Subject: Re:Cornell pulled their essay prompts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.


There was nothing in the prompt that prevents the answer from discussing a political community of any persuasion.