<p>" This is just a just-wondering question for me, as I wonder whether there are any systematic differences between undergraduate schools that interview applicants and those that do not."</p>
<p>Florida State got some kind of national recognition for having female students with a low percentage of bodyfat. They don't interview applicants.</p>
<p>Northstarmom,</p>
<p>From your post indicating that the pageant queen with the 1600 SAT was rejected because of wearing high heels, and because of other appearance attributes, it looks like you're saying that the admissions person 'did' take appearance into account although it may not have been best looks = best chance. In this applicant's case, might she have been accepted if there were not a personal interview or if the interview was done by someone paying less attention to appearance? I think the only way to eliminate this type of bias would be to not do a personal interview or somehow have the results of the interview be purely objective (difficult to do and I think it misses the point of the interview which is meant to be subjective is it not?).</p>
<p>Amen Big Daddy. That argument highlights the brilliance of a UCLA education..stick it to the man</p>
<p>sazag, a truck driver can make six figures, so there is no reason why you should not be able to. I'm shooting for at least 7 figures. :0)</p>
<p>I thought u died 2pac..california love</p>
<p>7 figures the legal way i hope...inglewood always up to no good</p>
<p>Psh, why set the bar there if you can set it at some awesome figure. Saaaaay 10 figures? That way you should ALWAYS have a dream.</p>
<p>PS why does brown ask for a picture in the application?</p>
<p>Well, one of the guys I most admire (Jim Simons) makes ten figures. But I don't think I'll likely make that much. :(</p>
<p>Exactly, that way you will always strive for your goal. Otherwise, you might go on auto-pilot once you succeed.</p>
<p>um still wanna know about this picture brown requires</p>
<p>"you can never be too rich or too thin"
anyone remember who said that one (I don't but its a famous line I think)?</p>
<p>Just back to the other comments.... Roughly half of those at harvard have enough money to pay for a 200 thousand undergraduate education, making them generally considered wealthy.
From what I've seen (although, I am not wealthy myself), most well-off people are thin. It seems like "its just not done" to be fat and rich.</p>
<p>Also, I agree with the points before; getting into schools like Harvard takes massive amounts of energy and effort (assignments/extracurrics/running around all the time). Studies also prove that eating healthier improves cognitive performance/abilities.</p>
<p>hahah, I heard about that Brown picture. Brown is supposed to be the best looking ivy league school (rumor of course).</p>
<p>Nope. Less than 30% of Harvard's students pay directly out of pocket, as the number receiving financial aid is now 70%+.</p>
<p>really? I thought Princeton had the highest aid in the country at 56%?</p>
<p>although my facts are wrong, it was if a good theory, if I do say so myself :).</p>
<p>"From your post indicating that the pageant queen with the 1600 SAT was rejected because of wearing high heels, and because of other appearance attributes, it looks like you're saying that the admissions person 'did' take appearance into account although it may not have been best looks = best chance."</p>
<p>From what I heard from the alum who interviewed her and gave her a bad recommendation, she was probably rejected for a lack of common sense (wearing high heels in the snow is simply stupid) and because she appeared to think that being a beauty pageant winner with high scores would make her a shoo-in for Harvard.</p>
<p>I would imagine that her superficiality also was reflected in her essays and recommendations, so even without an interview, she probably would have still been rejected.</p>
<p>Post #12: "I doubt being good-looking can ever hurt you in life" --Mr. Pink</p>
<p>Obviously Mr. Pink has never spent time in prison.</p>