Chance a nervous author?

AdmissionsAddict
Sat, 30 May 2009 20:44:29 +0000

lobster–Again, what does “working on it being published” mean? I take it from what you wrote that you don’t have a contract with Random House. The publishing industry is brutal. Don’t get your hopes up just because you have a friend whose dad works at the head office. I would be very careful about how you word your book in your resume. “In the process of getting published” sounds dodgy and naive. Either you have a contract or you don’t. I wish you nothing but the best of luck both in getting your book published and with college admissions, but please be aware that there may be dozens of Yale applicants next year who have written an unpublished book. Until there is a contract for publication, the book does not become any sort of hook.

silverturtle–I don’t want to get in a match with you, but I do believe race is overvalued by high school students posting on the Yale forum of CC. I don’t go to other college forums, so I don’t know what is written there. I will not dispute that an African-American candidate with a 2400 is going to be very highly desired and has an excellent shot, but it seems to me that whenever a URM or legacy with strong stats posts, many posters feel that person is a lock. No one is a lock at Yale. I have been watching admissions at Yale for decades and believe many people would be shocked by who doesn’t get in, especially in the legacy and URM categories.