<p>@iqtest - Back off buddy. Neither of us know Gibby’s kids and I think it’s absurd to judge them based on an anecdote or two. I think it’s perfectly possible for kids to be humble, have terrific grades, and never experience any big failures. Not experiencing adversity is not the same as being flawless. For example, it could be possible that the student tries lots of things and is good at all of it, but hasn’t really struggled with anything yet.</p>
<p>Now whether that’s good or bad is another matter. I’m a Yale student ('14), and I also had terrific grades in high school, but I’ve definitely had some struggles and thus I had an easy time answering that question. I think many students here are like that in some way. If a candidate can’t talk about something that they struggled with, that doesn’t make them bad/pretentions/stupid or anything like that, but they might not be the best fit for Yale. </p>
<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>