Official McGill Class of 2011 Admissions Decisions

drmambo
Mon, 07 May 2007 01:25:05 +0000

Alright dodger, chill the hell out. Did someone hit you recently, and you forgot about McGill’s conservatory of music? Grades aren’t everything when attempting to enter the conservatory; now couple that potentially new piece of information with the fact that some musicians are better on their instrument than they are in their other academic areas. I don’t expect you to have sympathy for the piano virtuoso with the 25 ACT, but I feel bad that he can’t continue with his gift because he was screwed over by potentially a myriad of things (poor school district, thus education, lack of finances for an ACT tutor, etc.).

A high GPA means nothing if there’s a cut off with board scores, hence my previous reasoning, not to mention some schools are inherently harder than others. I don’t doubt that you think your a big fish in your what-ever-sized pond, and I’m happy you feel that way. You managed to eat your way to the near top of the food chain in where ever it is you inhabit academically.

Be sure to look out for other fish, though, when you move on to post-secondary education; never forget the philosophy that there’s always someone better than you. Just because you haven’t found him doesn’t me he doesn’t exist.

The summation of my post is as follows: practice your humility. Post like #149, and 142 reveal a few things that should be best kept to yourself. Your failures could easily be someone else’s triumphs, but I wonder how much you’d like them gloating in your face about it.

“Dude, you didn’t get into XXXX-med school? That’s funny, they gave me a full ride”, and life continues.

/end-rant

I’m sorry for anyone who wasn’t Dodger or to a degree Bigtwix, that read through this (both of you will eventually learn that not all of the hands dealt to you can be over-come).