Does college mail mean anything?

LoremIpsum
Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:32:42 +0000

Do you think sometimes wanting it enough, and showing it, is sufficient for admission committees?



Of course not. How would you feel about a guy that followed you around with puppy dog eyes, ready to jump through any hoop, just to make you happy?

Liv, you’ve got the stats for a woman interested in engineering and they should only get better if you continue to ace your classes and perhaps retake the ACT to raise your score even higher. Of course you need to show interest, to show how you’re a perfect fit for NU. But at the same time, you have to do things for yourself, not to please some faceless admissions committee – if you do it for them and they say no, you’ll be devastated and perhaps question your own self-worth. If you do it for yourself and they turn you down, well they’re a bunch of idiots and you didn’t need them anyway! College is only a stepping-stone to success, not success itself; it you allow one school’s decision to affect you, that school because an obstacle to success rather than a pathway.

Perhaps this is a little bit zen, but you’ll be more appealing if you want them but don’t need them. They should take you as you are, because you’ll accomplish great things together. But you’re also ready to move if they expect you to be something that you’re not.