<p>Hey, I was also z-listed, but for some reason, I’m having trouble finding the facebook group. Could someone please send me the link?? Thanks!!</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/160107827447891/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/160107827447891/</a>
let me know if it works!</p>
<p>Oh yeah perfect, thanks! I sent a request.</p>
<p>Hey guys! </p>
<p>I’m Z listed too - I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to accept. I didnt really want a gap year and was excited about going to McGill University next year, but this complicates everything. Any advice? What are your plans for next year (anyone with a budget specifically? I don’t see a world tour in my future)? Also, I realised this sounded kid of ungrateful before - I’m definitely excited, just a little overwhelmed. By the way, I’m not legacy either, before someone asks ;)</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>If you read the article from McGrath-Lewis and Fitzsimmons, they demonstrate that all students–not merely Z listers–should strongly consider a gap year-- that the data is conclusive in terms of academic success and overall satisfaction with the college experience. My S who didn’t have to do a gap year worked as a assistant teacher in an inner city school doing math and physics. It was a huge growing year for him, and gave him a sense of the world outside of the confines of an academic elite. By the end of the Spring he was chomping at the bit to go to Harvard and came to college rested and raring to go. He took Math 55 and said that if he didn’t have the time off to mentally rest he would have found the huge grind of 55 to have been too much–and he did not lose a single bit of math ability/knowledge in his year “off.” He has told a number of pre-frosh at Visitas to strongly consider doing a gap year–almost regardless what you do–other then veg in front of the computer or tv.</p>
<p>For those on the Z list - any hypothetical reasons for why you received that place?</p>
<p>+1 ^</p>
<p>How do you think you got on the list?</p>