<p>Bari Weiss is described as a former assistant editorial feature at the WSJ. Or something along those lines.</p>
<p>Here’s another story that includes a reference to the “sassy sister” at the WSJ:</p>
<p>[Wall</a> Street Journal gets a D in feminism - Salon.com](<a href=“http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/wall_street_journal_gets_a_d_in_feminism/singleton/]Wall”>http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/wall_street_journal_gets_a_d_in_feminism/singleton/)</p>
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<p>Well, probably more damaging is the fact that the ivies now feel it is okay to admit less men than women, percentage-wise.</p>
<p>So we now allow bratty children room to publish rude things then hide under “it’s just a joke” when the backlash is too much for them? Oh, god. Let me guess. This is going to be filed away under “give her a break she’s just a kid,” right? </p>
<p>At the culmination of EVERY admissions cycle we see kid after kid blaming others for their rejection letters.
Then they insult the kids who did get in.
Then parents pat their kids on the head with “Oh, let little Johnny vent, he’s just a kid.”
No. Tell your brat to build a bridge and get over it.</p>
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Seems that makes this young lady highly qualified to be an occasional contributor on the Jon Stewart show.</p>
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<p>I thought it was funny, and in a free country, I am glad that bratty children (and adults) can be published.</p>
<p>xiggi - I don’t care for a word salon has to say but that’s just me. :D</p>
<p>When there are so many offensive things said in a non-pc rant, I can’t believe they make up a story about feminism.</p>
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<p>But they still don’t want a freshman class composed of 2400 URM’s from South Dakota who have one parent. They want all types.</p>
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<p>I think she deserves to handle whatever flak she gets for this Alexissss.</p>
<p>I just don’t personally take her very seriously because she is just a kid. So, to be clear, to me, she is just a kid having a temper tantrum, mildly amusing to funny, depending on your mood or who you are. Not, she’s just a kid, leave her alone. Just, she’s just a kid, not important enough to waste so much media space on, not deep, not educated, yet, not the kind of thing I’m using to inform my own thought on the situation.</p>
<p>No more important than any other kid having a temper tantrum, just a bit amusing.</p>
<p>That was in response to anyone who believes this little tirade to be innocuous. </p>
<p>It was not, to me, funny or cute. It was a collection of harmful assumptions that a majority of people use to rationalize rejection, whether they admit it or not.</p>
<p>TPG, I offer no opinion nor endorsement of the Salon article. I quoted it as a reference to the sister, Bari Weiss.</p>
<p>All sorts of people in our culture use all sorts of harmful assumptions to rationalize all sorts of things, Alexisss. College rejection or acceptance is the least of it, and, quite frankly, not the only kind.</p>
<p>True, but I find it fascinating that this particular set of assumptions is so readily accepted all over CC, the internet in general and irl. </p>
<p>Rather annoying.</p>
<p>Truly absurd things do not get a high level of ongoing attention. Given that this topic has generated 33 pages of comments by a self selected, intelligent and aware group leads one to conclude that the truth hurts.</p>
<p>I think part of the point of publishing the article was to depict how “privileged” kids feel when they are rejected. Even if you don’t like her reaction, it was apparently genuine, and I don’t see any benefit to ignoring that kids do feel this way. She is obviously not stupid, so you cannot brush off her opinion as that of some ignorant dim-wit. She was expressing the real feelings of a smart kid, and many kids in her situation probably feel and react the same way. Rather than insulting her, people should be addressing why kids feel this way, and what, if anything should be done about it.</p>
<p>I dont see anything bratty about this. I see the author as gutsy and I got a chuckle out of this. How many high schoolers can honestly say they are not doing all these “amazing things” just to get their application to have that wow factor. So yes, she is telling the truth in a lot of ways. Yes, there may be some folks who really really do what they love and get in…(I know this amazing math genius who is now at MIT) but rest of the folks are just in this rat race to “show their passion”.</p>
<p>What <em>if</em> you are just a normal kid who can do stuff ‘very’ well if you are told to do so…but otherwise are lazy…I think that’ how most kids are anyways…She does have a good point…</p>
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<p>Nothing can be done about it. Or should be done about it. </p>
<p>She will go to UMich and be fine. Like all the other temper tantrums in all the other kitchens all over American that night, it was what it was. They will all go on to their schools and be just fine. Not even bruised by thanksgiving.</p>
<p>Truly absurd things do not get a high level of ongoing attention. Given that this topic has generated 33 pages of comments by a self selected, intelligent and aware group leads one to conclude that the truth hurts.</p>
<p>I FINALLY was able to actually read the essay she wrote and that you all have been talking about! As the mom of an “average above-average” high school senior with absolutely no hooks whatsoever, I thought it was pretty funny. Anything that helps one to laugh at this crazy process is welcome and appreciated as far as I am concerned. I also watched the interview and thought she seemed sweet. </p>
<p>Multiple rejections in one day IS hard. She got upset, found a way to vent, and seems to be moving on with a positive attitude. Good for her. And she happens to be a great writer with a sense of humor. Good for us.</p>
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<p>Right. I mean, what, they think they’ve discovered or uncovered some secret formula that if it were applied, would make everyone happy? Guess what. 95% of the applicants to Harvard were disappointed. 95% of the applicants to Princeton were disappointed. 90% of the applicants to Penn are disappointed. Etc, etc. and so forth. There IS no system that is magically going to result in everyone being delighted and getting his or her first choice, unless these schools decide to quadruple the number of beds. She’s disappointed. Fine. So were tons of other students. That’s the nature of the beast.</p>