The Inevitable Why were you ____?

overachiever92
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:07:25 +0000

It’s annoying seeing all of these ppl nagging because they got deferred. First of all, there’s a high possibility that ppl with those stats will get in RD. Second, did you guys just do all of these competitions and win all of those awards to get into Yale? If you’re that saccharine goody goody student who goes into girl/boy scouts when they’re 6, becomes the president of like 5 clubs, wins a bunch of science awards, practices from the 7th grade to get a 2400 on the SAT, etc, etc… ALL without having the passion for what you’re doing, you are RIDICULOUS. Don’t think that just because you have a bunch of ECs and test scores, the Ivies won’t look at your character. A laundry list of awards and ec’s means nothing compared to true character, and that’s why students get accepted each year, who lack those pretenses. AND they are NOT less deserving than those laundry-list students, but they have a quality that shows that they are passionate about what they do and plan to do.

Especially @ Communist: You said “I guess it’s not enough,” and that’s the whole problem in the first place. You’re doing all of this stuff, impressive as it may be, but maybe you just fell into stereotype of an over-working Asian. I have an Asian friend who got into Yale with low 2100’s on the SAT, but he loved his EC’s, which were MUCH less prestigous than yours, and he had NO awards.

This was such a rant XD