Is it really that hard to get in?

je_ne_sais_quoi
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:46:22 +0000

Glasses: Oh my gosh. This person doesn’t need a chance. He is white, wealthy, spoiled, has been given loads of advantages and opportunities by his pushy and aggressive parents, and has little to show for it. So you’re saying the process should become even more random as in, “Hmmmm. Nothing really remarkable here except a good test score. Let’s take a chance on him?” I do think his parents MAY be UC alums. I agree with JHS that a teacher may see something that peers might not, and is able to convey that in a rec letter. Not the case here. Even the college counselor “off the record” told me that at least in prior years I would have been a better candidate and would have been admitted.

To just “throw in risk” to make things interesting makes no sense. Universities want their students to succeed and make them look good and grow up and makes lots of money to turn around and give back. I would think that would render them generally risk-averse.

Unless he has a personality transplant, throwing the guy I know into the mix will be about as interesting as adding a potted plant to the place. Of course, potted plants have their value, too. This is a joke. Just a joke.