| I don't want to comment on Ghosh here, but I take exception to posts suggesting that having an incarcerated father is a hook. Mr. Tubbz had an absent father and a mother who, though hard-working and loving, could not help him much because she herself was not a college grad. He writes that she was passed over for promotion three times because she did not have an AA degree. By his own work, he overcame these problems and wrote an essay that brought tears to my eyes. He did not just devote himself to academics but was involved in quite an array of community activities. I believe adcoms at many colleges, like many of us on CC, saw something truly admirable in this young man. He will achieve much, go far, be a role model (he already is) and contribute much to his college and to society in general. We cannot say that of every admit at top colleges. |