<p>anybody remember the two line thing? theres two lines, one really long and one really short and the short one represents your chance of getting in or something. Do you guys know what I’m talking about?</p>
<p>no idea…care to elaborate?</p>
<p>When you go into a information session, one of the admission officers does a speech thing where he draws two lines, one long and one very short, on a blackboard and says the long line is what we know about the admissions process, and the short one is what YOU know about the admissions process, then he goes on and on until he says the short line represents your chances to Harvard. Anybody know what im talking about?</p>
<p>Uhhh…? I dunno. Sounds intriguing(sp?) though.</p>
<p>i remember that. that was scary</p>
<p>You may be thinking of that book by Chuck Hughes about getting into top colleges…it starts off with that anecdote by an admissions officer from a few years ago.</p>
<p>lol, it’s the intro to an admission book…something like, the long line is the ppl applying, the short line is the ppl accepted. The long line is the admission process…the short line is what is known about the admission process, etc…</p>
<p>“What It Really Takes To Get Into The Ivy League” by Chuck Hughes, Former Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard College. </p>
<p>yeah, what about it?</p>