<p>Sorghum, there should be an article on the front page of every newspaper in the country announcing that HS kids who tell a highly competitive college that they are pre-med should be prepared to be disappointed. This is not a difficult concept to grasp. A kid who self-identifies as a potential linguistics major needs to understand that some adcom, somewhere, perhaps, may look at another linguistics application on his or her desk and say, “if I can only have one, which one is bringing something special to the party?” The good news-- there ain’t that many linguistics majors who self-identify in HS. And I’m willing to bet that the ones that are are pretty damned special and diverse and easily distinguished from each other. And since about half of them demonstrate some interest in the cog sci/neuro end, and the other half will demonstrate interest in the philological end- the colleges these kids apply to may even “over enroll” their potential linguistics majors that year, without worrying about capacity or changing the climate on campus.</p>
<p>Over enroll your pre-meds and watch out. You’ll be scheduling chem labs at midnight and having professors teach review sessions at 4 am in order to accommodate your hoards.</p>
<p>How is this hard to understand, and why does this mean that a white girl is getting the shaft somewhere?</p>