Conversations that never happened!
Given the high school preparation of many students, we have to assume that some high school seniors believe certain conversations regularly occur behind closed doors in admissions offices around the country. Now, with the help of sophisticated technology and hidden microphones and after reviewing hundreds of hours of admissions conversation . . . we can report with absolute certainty that the following conversations have never occurred within an admissions office or on the campus of a top tier college. Revealed here for the first time, these are the secret admissions conversations that never happened . . . ever. If you’re a high school senior and you actually think they sound reasonable then you need to get a grip . . . and a new attitude!
Conversation #6
An hour outside of San Francisco is the town of Palo Alto, California. This pleasant and quaint community is the home of Stanford University, one of the world’s greatest educational institutions. Although it’s midwinter and snow blankets the northeast, here in the ‘Bay area’ of California the afternoon features comfortable ‘sweater weather’. Two admissions officers sit and discuss the most recent applications . . .
Admissions Officer #1 : Throw this one in the “accept” pile for me. I don’t see how we can miss with her.
Admissions Officer #2 : Wow, you’re not kidding! She’s captain of the cheer team and the dance team. So maybe she is a “C” student with weak board scores, who cares! She’s very cool and popular so she probably had a lot of parties to go to and other stuff to do. I mean, what would we expect, that she spend time on the weekends studying? Those cool nails won’t do themselves you know!
Admissions Officer #1 : Give me a break . . . I know exactly what you mean! At least she’s not some “nerd-o-rama” like the other applicant from that same high school who was on the cheer team and dance team but still made the honor roll every term and has great SAT’s.
Admissions Officer #2 : I couldn’t agree more. That kid probably thinks she’s so great just because she works harder than anyone else in the school and earns super grades. In fact, while you’re up, throw that ‘all A” geek’s application on the reject pile for me would ‘ya. Maybe she should have spent a little less time as captain of the math team or working with student council and made a few more visits to the new nail salon and Abercrombie at the mall.
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