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Yet, the thresholds colleges created have encouraged bad behavior. My point is, contrary to popular belief, they dislike candidates who are onerous, do x, do y,
by fny 10y ago
Yet, the thresholds colleges created have encouraged bad behavior. My point is, contrary to popular belief, they dislike candidates who are onerous, do x, do y, do z sheep too. The validictorian my junior year in high school, for example, was one of those. Took almost every AP class, 1600 SAT, tons and tons of random clubs. Got in nowhere.
I do think calling the system a farce is a rather extreme exaggeration. Imagine you want to be an engineer. In what way are the AP math and science courses inadequate preparations for what's to come in college? Yes, a kid could choose to mindlessly take these classes, but if he's taking them while building and racing go carts, would you not see him differently?
- aaron-lebo 10y agoI don't have anything useful to add, but those are good points.
- csa 10y agoThank you for sharing all of your information -- it's nice to have another voice. > Took almost every AP class, 1600 SAT, tons and tons of random clubs. Got in nowhere. I wish people new how not uncommon this is. > Yes, a kid could choose to mindlessly take these classes, but if he's taking them while building and racing go carts, would you not see him differently? This is a great and completely realistic example. It's tough to read good applications that have specific examples along these lines and say anything other than "wow, that's cool" (Note: there are also weak applications that have narratives like this, but that's a different issue -- it's not a crude formula).