popping some bubbles

Applying to College
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<p>imo most CCers have “amazing” resumes. One you start to pick them apart though, they look alot more mortal</p>

<p>2400 SAT/36 ACT: nowadays, anyone can get a 2400 and 36 given enough preparation. 2300+ is pretty much all the same.
valedictorian: great, but how many high schools are there in the US?
over 9000 community service hours: while this demonstrates hard work and in some cases passion, it does not in any way demonstrate ability.
captain of clubs/teams: unless you actually won stuff/raised large sums of money/you get the idea, this pretty much resume padding (and on top of that, school level recognition).
participated in a contest: translation, lost in the contest.</p>

<p>care to add anything?</p>

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<p>Well, using that logic, nothing is ever good. You can find problems with anything. That’s why holistic admissions exist.</p>

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<p>how would you prefer colleges chose students? put their applications on a dartboard, blindfold themselves, throw a handful of darts, and accept all the applications they hit? if EVERYBODY can get a 2400 and a 4.0 and be valedictorian they why DOESN’T everybody? Your post is completely ridiculous.</p>

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<p>I understand what you’re trying to say, but I think there is something you’re not considering. Sure, “anybody” could accomplish all of those things, but not that many people do. I <i>could</i> play the piano, it is physically possible for me to use my fingers to play Mozart, but I simply haven’t invested the time into learning how to do it. </p>

<p>Accomplishments like the ones you mentioned may not show ability, but they do show determination or whatever you want to call it. The accomplishment itself may not be that big of a deal, but the fact that someone made an effort to try to accomplish it says something about that person. </p>

<p>That said, there are a lot of things I would change about college admissions if I had my own university. For example, I’d require an interview of some sort in most cases. I have no idea how someone can made a reasonable assessment about the type of person someone is without meeting them.</p>

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<p>Am I the only one who thinks that the OP was trying to get something humorous going here?</p>

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<p>Hmm no. I thought he was seriously trying to explain that CCers have poor priorities. But, i don’t see what else is better than the factors he so criticized.</p>

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<p>Yeah sure, anyone can. That’s why fewer than 300 kids in the entire country did so in the SAT results announced in September. From his own stat posts it looks like the OP is looking forward to taking the PSAT, so he may get a few of his own bubbles popped along the way.</p>

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<p>Cool OP, obviously you’ve written a novel or cured cancer or some other superior achievement.</p>

<p>But guess what? Maybe about 80 schools in the US really care about any of this stuff. That’s .2% of the total.</p>

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<p>fewer than 1500 kids scoring a 2400 in just one sitting</p>

<p>now the number of superscored 2400s is a lot higher</p>