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re: This is what gets one into Stanford these days
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:22 am to AbuTheMonkey
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:22 am to AbuTheMonkey
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They also do the same for things like former military
I have a buddy that had pretty average grades and test scores, but he did freaking national guard reserve and he claims that is how he got into Vanderbilt.
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Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:22 am to StrongSafety
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Y'all are saying this and don't even know his test scores
I don't care what his test scores are. In sure he is qualified to be at Stanford. But the point is, he was required to write an essay as part of the admissiona test and all he could come up with is a hash tag. I don't care if he's the smartest man alive, I would deny him.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:24 am to TheCaterpillar
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I have a buddy that had pretty average grades and test scores, but he did freaking national guard reserve and he claims that is how he got into Vanderbilt.
It 1000% helped me. I am pretty sure I would not have gotten into the programs I did had I not been an Iraq vet.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:24 am to arseinclarse
In fairness, if the kid got in, I'm guessing it wasn't based solely on this idiocy.
I knew someone who applied to Columbia Law School. He was an LSAT tutor with Princeton Review, and he scored something like a 178 on the test. He was kind of applying just to kick the tires, so on his essay he literally just wrote "frick" over and over to test whether or not they actually bothered reading the essays. He got a call from admissions one day and they said "so we just wanted to ask about this essay you turned in...." Whenever he explained why he did it, they basically said "ok well that's a relief. Welcome to Columbia!"
Anecdotal for sure, but I've always thought that was a funny story.
I knew someone who applied to Columbia Law School. He was an LSAT tutor with Princeton Review, and he scored something like a 178 on the test. He was kind of applying just to kick the tires, so on his essay he literally just wrote "frick" over and over to test whether or not they actually bothered reading the essays. He got a call from admissions one day and they said "so we just wanted to ask about this essay you turned in...." Whenever he explained why he did it, they basically said "ok well that's a relief. Welcome to Columbia!"
Anecdotal for sure, but I've always thought that was a funny story.
This post was edited on 4/4/17 at 11:26 am
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:26 am to arseinclarse
Progressivism is a Fundamentalist pseudo-religion. It's all about 'virtue signalling". Look at me. See how virtuous I am. Let me into your club. I too am enlightened and will affirm your teachings and offer no resistance.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:28 am to AbuTheMonkey
And you're a diverse applicant for that. There's more to you than your test scores. I'd value your life experiences in a class over an 18 year old with just high test scores and no life story or experience.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:33 am to StrongSafety
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And you're a diverse applicant for that. There's more to you than your test scores. I'd value your life experiences in a class over an 18 year old with just high test scores and no life story or experience.
To be clear, this was graduate school.
Hard numbers still matter, and I met the threshold (clearly on the GMAT, not so much on the GPA), but work experience is much more critical in this stuff than undergrad.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:35 am to AbuTheMonkey
To some posters, you should have never been accepted (Bc of theGPA).i find that outlook To Be outrageous
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:36 am to arseinclarse
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Good lord...
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:38 am to StrongSafety
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I'd value your life experiences in a class over an 18 year old with just high test scores and no life story or experience
Even over a black kid who grew up in a white privilege world?!?!
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:41 am to SabiDojo
I'd argue that black kid, although privileged in many regards, MAY (may) have some different perspectives,/experiences than his majority counterpart.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:44 am to StrongSafety
As I was wait-listed at Stanford and was never admitted, this peeves me to the core.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:46 am to JetFuelTyga
Awww, sounds like a better, more qualified/talent, more well rounded minority beat you out for spot.
Maybe you just weren't Stanford material ?
Maybe you just weren't Stanford material ?
Posted on 4/4/17 at 11:50 am to arseinclarse
I bet the only blacks he sees in real life are on street corners (and he locks his doors) or his maid.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 12:32 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Probably didn't help this kid one bit (and probably would hurt him normally). Arab and South Asian kids are - like East Asian kids - usually hurt by affirmative action.
Indian yes. Asian yes. Middle eastern Muslims no. Muslims definitely get affirmative action help. They're a protected PC class
Posted on 4/4/17 at 12:50 pm to arseinclarse
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Anyone can play the victim these days. Get on board
Well you know, except for straight white men. And if you're also Christian and conservative on top of that, well you can just GFY
Posted on 4/4/17 at 12:54 pm to arseinclarse
congrats Gupta, here's your safe space provided by Stanford.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 12:55 pm to arseinclarse
Damn haji
Posted on 4/4/17 at 12:57 pm to StrongSafety
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Remember, minorities are always under qualified
Every person I know that has gone to Stanford is a minority and they were all overqualified to be there...PEs, PHDs, MDs, multiple football players, economist...
The most "under qualified" one happens to be a biomed engineer and he's white.
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I know personally what some of my cardinal friends scored and they exceeded the average.
i'm calling bullshite.
not on the fact there are brilliant minorities everywhere.
but that you in fact know several at Stanford.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 1:02 pm to Klark Kent
It's best to look at StrongSafety's posts as fables.
The actual story itself is most likely bullshite but the underlying point may have merit.
The actual story itself is most likely bullshite but the underlying point may have merit.
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