05-05-2015, 01:28 PM
Sorry, don't buy it. What I see is a kid with a massive ego. If his counselors advised him to apply to all the Ivy's plus Stanford, then they should be fired. I get that it's easy to just check boxes on the common app, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he wasted a bunch of admissions' officers time, pushed a half dozen kids onto the wait list by taking up a spot, wasted his parents money, all just to be able to say "I was admitted to all the Ivy's". Aside from the ego question, I totally agree with Yvonne; it shows complete lack of direction. Each of the eight Ivy league schools (plus Stanford and wherever else he applied) are very different schools, in different environments, and with different educational philosophies. That's the sort of research kids should do before applying to schools.
Lastly, if he had pulled the stunt but kept his mouth shut about it, fine (In any case, none of us would be discussing it because it wasn't well known). But at least it would have shown some humility.
I'll get off my soap box now.
BC
Lastly, if he had pulled the stunt but kept his mouth shut about it, fine (In any case, none of us would be discussing it because it wasn't well known). But at least it would have shown some humility.
I'll get off my soap box now.
BC