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07-22-2008, 10:56 AM
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#16 | | Junior Member
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lol anyone that makes USAMO as a freshman shows passion at math...and with all those other ECs like model UN at harvard and those things at stanford...but i think he was joking?
didnt read about that second part about being second one...
@llpitch: umm lol...i know a freshman that made red MOP...there are plenty of good people out there...
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07-22-2008, 05:33 PM
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#17 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
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ok hows this, no life outside of school. when all ECs are school related it shows that weakness, whether it is true or not.
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07-22-2008, 06:28 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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umm true but geniuses or near geniuses get exceptions =)
but still ARML, thats not school (thats state or regional if you have a huge state like Cali), and i dont consider AMCs to be school (i mean over 400,000 people internationally take it)...and i dont think you can say Model UN is school...
if you say those are school related, then basically everything is school related...Key Club (volunteering in your community) would be because the club is school sponsored,
lets say your a Div. 1 football player, you have to say thats school related because you play football for high school...that doesnt deter top colleges from giving them full rides...or you are a top notch violin player...same diff...makes no difference than math (because the math he is doing is not related to school-most concepts even your high school teachers wont understand...it would be differnt if the math awards he was getting was only like 5s on calc BC and 800 on math IIs on the SAT)
so yea i do agree that you cant have everything academically related, but thats for a 2300+/4.0 GPA/no ecs/no awards (like people i actually know, or will get 2300+), i really dont consider him to fit that mold...otherwise its promoting people to purposely not get 2400s because otherwise colleges will see them as people with no life...
i dont know but i do have to say im biased...lol but thats my take on it.
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07-27-2008, 11:47 AM
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#19 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Thanks blah1290, also, I would like to point out that I do a considerable amount of volunteer work outside of school and am on a private swim team along with my high school's in addition to what blah1290 has already stated.
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07-27-2008, 03:23 PM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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^oh wait just out of curiousity, did you make Red MOP this year?
because i think thats very ++ for college admins...
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07-28-2008, 11:20 PM
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#21 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006
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I think it's fair to say you're in if you keep it up.
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07-29-2008, 12:12 PM
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#22 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: U.S.
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lacks passion
No seriously, if you keep this up, I would be very surprised if you got turned down.
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08-08-2008, 02:32 PM
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#23 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Thanks for all of the wonderful feedback, I really appreciate your assistance!  | |
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05-26-2009, 06:31 PM
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#24 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 41
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have fun in harvard!
i mean it
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05-26-2009, 06:42 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Stanford University '13
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the whole long laundry list thing in the OP is just resume padding fluff.
what do you really want to do? what do you really want to study? how are you going to change the world? either you give your admissions officer a reason (or reasons) to tell the admissions committee "this is why this kid needs to come to Stanford", or you have the same chance as every other kid with a really long resume.
not saying that's fair or right, and i'm not dissing you as a person or saying what you're doing isn't worthwhile, but "passion" is just the game you have to play.
luckily you're a sophomore, and you have time to find your passions.
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05-26-2009, 07:02 PM
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#26 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 16
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How do you get the time to post this info on CC if you're so busy?
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05-26-2009, 07:15 PM
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#27 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Have fun in Harvard? Not likely. The OP is like a reincarnation of Faraday.
Have fun in MIT!
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05-26-2009, 08:06 PM
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#28 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Stanford University '13
Posts: 262
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haha i just realized something.
whats the point? the OP is a sophomore. by then the admit rate will be like 1/∞ percent.
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05-26-2009, 08:25 PM
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#29 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I'm somewhat serious in asking this: Do you have a time machine? How do you do all of this at once?
I have to agree with ngolsh- Even if you are a legit renaissance man, doing a huge range of activities might not work as well as really finding your specialty and dedicating yourself to it. Are there any activities you enjoy above all else?
Of course I might just be jealous that you apparently win at everything.
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05-26-2009, 10:19 PM
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#30 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Your Local Pizzeria---->Duke '13
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go and do something unproductive instead
your productivity frightens the life out of me.
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