Silverturtle's Guide to SAT and Admissions Success - Page 8

silverturtle · 07-04-2010, 10:51 PM

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He is a cousin of mine/my mother's*, I believe.

Then you will likely receive nor or little benefit in the legacy sense, but submitting a positive and seemingly informed recommendation from a big donor can provide a huge boost.

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*[more related to grammar than to me being a legacy, but, in this context, would it be mother's, mothers, or mothers'?]

You can write cousin of my mother or cousin of my mother's. Both are acceptable.

keresen · 07-04-2010, 11:21 PM

For anyone who is religious, I would strongly recommend praying. It works especially well for standardized tests...

silverturtle · 07-04-2010, 11:23 PM

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nor or little benefit

Woops, meant to say "no or little benefit."

LightSource · 07-04-2010, 11:26 PM

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but submitting a positive and seemingly informed recommendation from a big donor can provide a huge boost.

Is this done in hopes of not alienating the donor?

silverturtle · 07-04-2010, 11:32 PM

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Is this done in hopes of not alienating the donor?

Yes. Colleges like money.

Ren the SAT'er · 07-04-2010, 11:53 PM

Wow, nice work! What an exhaustive guide!

I didn't even see it on the first page because it was stickied =P

Well done.

xrCalico23 · 07-04-2010, 11:58 PM

^second that. silverturtle, thank you so much again for creating this guide. Really, it has so many extremely helpful hints for scoring well on the SAT, especially for the writing section.

silverturtle · 07-04-2010, 11:59 PM

No problem.

yearsofwisdom · 07-05-2010, 12:17 AM

silver, i'm just wondering what schools you plan on applying to?

Chubster · 07-05-2010, 12:21 AM

This is pretty intense win.

silverturtle · 07-05-2010, 12:23 AM

@yearsofwisdom: I will PM you.

fastbreak · 07-05-2010, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by silverturtle

Asians may face a road that is slightly more difficult than that for Whites (though I don't see significant evidence of this), but plenty still manage to get accepted (and in disproportionately high numbers). Consider these data. At Harvard, Asian applicants are over-represented by about 300%; White applicants have about 60% of what their proportional representation would be. At MIT, Asian applicants are over-represented by about 550%; White applicants have about 48% of what their proportional representation would be. Clearly, it is quite possible to get accepted, no matter your race.

Could an asain applicant avoid this problem by simply choosing not to report their ethnicity?

silverturtle · 07-05-2010, 12:40 AM

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Couldn't an asain applicant avoid this problem by simply choosing not to report their ethnicity?

Indeed, any applicant may leave that category blank. It is unclear how this affects the admissions process, however.

ruvuitton · 07-05-2010, 12:43 AM

Silverturtle, for the idiomatic phrasal verbs, did you actually memorize all that? I looked through the list, and did not recognize a lot of them...I feel like it's one of those things where if you memorize it, you can forget it or get confused very easily...Are there specific ones where the collegeboard likes to use frequently or is knowing the whole list the only way?

silverturtle · 07-05-2010, 12:45 AM

^ I don't know of any that have been repeatedly tested. But it shouldn't be too difficult to learn them if you read them aloud and try to calibrate your mind's ear to recognize the correct form.