<p>Adcoms are human. They plain get sick of reading the same basic essays all over again and the similar life stories that all revolve around high school “service,” clubs and sports. High schools, who absolutely need kids involved in their service, clubs and sports, are not about to tell their kids to go off and do what their heart desires. They imply that the hurdle is too high and, of course, you have all the Tiger Moms dead set on gaming the system that exists. “Exists” is the operative word here. The only way to defeat the Tiger Mom and win the game is not to play. Simply don’t get on the treadmill of useless piano lessons, etc. etc.</p>