<p>I’m pretty sure it was your essays that got you rejected
Based on your post, I’m assuming you talked about how you were superior to everyone, and how everyone else is inferior to you. Saying stuff like “am so good, many people mistake me for a music major when I play on campus” makes no one want to like you. </p>
<p>This thread is largely dead, but in skimming over it one thing no one mentioned is that the first filter for universities is usually lot talent or grades/SATs but CHARACTER. What the OP doesn’t understand is that universities are non-profits, yes, but the students and alumni are the face of the university to the broader world. Out in the professional world (and I’m sure admissions has a good element of this as well), one primary question in dealing with a critical mass of qualified applicants for jobs is who you would be able to tolerate and hopefully enjoy spending 12 hours a day with 5 days a week. Do you want this person representing your school to the broader world?</p>
<p>Personally, I’ve always liked what Joe Biden’s mother said to him. It’s textbook Irish Catholic thinking - you’re not better than anyone else, but no one’s better than you.</p>
<p>In the case of USC’s film school, they’re known for rejecting kids who think they’re God’s gift to cinema and accepting good, hard working kids with little previous experience.</p>
<p>Because if you are as smart as you claim - then you would know that you were not a SHOO-IN (not shoe-in)! Maybe you made some egregious spelling errors on your essay.</p>
<p>“Secondly, I would love an articulate and coherent argument as to why it is preferable to have a university with low IQ “nice attitude” people than with high IQ “mean attitude” people (especially if in this case, the bad attitude simply refers to one that acknowledges an objective fact.) Is academia a charity, or is it an institution created with the intent of producing advancement in various fields (technology, math, science, etc)?”</p>
<p>You do not seem to be a team player. It might come across that you might want to ‘win’ at all cost regardless of consequence/ethics/bending of rules. </p>
<p>T-R-O-L–L</p>
<p>"I know people that have IQs upwards to 135 (the average human IQ being 78), that went under the radar and were never given a test until they requested one later in life. "</p>
<p>LOL. I’m suprised no one pointed out to this BOY GENIUS that average IQ is 100. It always has been and always will be 100. </p>