Getting recommendation letter from an Ivy professor? 4 questions

sherpa
Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:06:11 +0000

I don’t understand why is everyone being so rough on the OP, who is just in 9th grade, is a little naive, and was given misinformation a friend picked up from a television show. In my view, T26E4’s remark:

yeah… watching TV shows about hints to getting into Havard [sic] is probably not a good exhibition of the analytical skills you want to master if you’re truly a Harvard aspirant. Think about it

was more snide than “nice”.

The OP asked a serious, earnest question, and they deserve better than they’re getting here.

This isn’t a knock on T26 or his defenders. A review of my posting history would show an occasional lapse of diplomacy. We all do it at times. But let’s not pile on.