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I got into an ivy league college. I was homeschooled. I had no diploma, just a GED and good but not exceptional SAT scores. I wrote my entrance essay on diggin
by iamthepieman 10y ago
I got into an ivy league college. I was homeschooled. I had no diploma, just a GED and good but not exceptional SAT scores.
I wrote my entrance essay on digging in the dirt. Maybe I got lucky. I think that AP classes, and extracurricular activities are like being a Stanford grad when applying at a big tech company. They are a way for hiring managers/admissions officers to avoid bad outcomes not to optimize for good ones.
- raybb 10y agodigging in the dirt?
- iamthepieman 10y agoI think it was about growing tomatoes in northern climates - about doing something for the challenge and beauty of the possibility of success and not just the final outcome which, in my case, was a handful of not quite ripe tomatoes.