<p>wberry: it was bad, no real thought, you could describe it as “shallow”, she probably spent an hour on it. </p>
<p>I agree with Stem that: “the school is looking to accept him/her” but I’d qualify that for HYPS and a few others, they will not accept you if you don’t produce an essay that equals their non-athlete admits. So, they want to accept you but they will only do so if you produce quality work. It is great to be already in “almost” when you’re app arrives but for all you parents with kids in the process right now, make sure they do excellent work on all aspects of their app!</p>
<p>this athlete was a junior world champion and it was at HYPS that this happened. this notion that athletes get off easy on their application is not accurate.</p>