<p>Come on guys. Let’s all listen to hmom. Afterall, her opportunity cost of bothering to post on this forum is probably over a million dollars.</p>
<p>she is, in fact, very qualified to be preaching to kids thirty five years younger than her on an internet message board, you brats…</p>
<p>I only preach to my own, and until they can pay tuition they have no choice but to listen. The rest of you can take my opinion for what it’s worth to you.</p>
<p>And I’m now seeking a publisher for Raising Ivy in case you know anyone in the business.</p>
<p>raising ivy sounds like it could be the name of a cereal</p>
<p>Oh wow, I’m also a first year at UBC (Commerce) trying to transfer. I am really impressed with your 4.33 especially since I’m nowhere near that right now. If you don’t mind me asking, are you taking Econ with Gateman?</p>
<p>oh man, im busted. I better lay low huh?</p>
<p>hmom5, I really doubt that everything you are saying is true. I mean seriously your son’s friend cannot possibly have research that he could only do at Yale, considering that Yale’s strength does not lie within its research whatsoever - particularly not in its scientific research. I am more than positive that he could go to MIT, CalTech, Stanford, etc… the list of better research universities continues. So, that in itself should not get your son’s friend in. But, you’re right - you need a hook, but that for certain is not a hook. I can go look up some chemistry profs online and say I want to work for them too… don’t think it’ll work to be honest.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m the new guy.</p>
<p>I really don’t think that hmom is wrong about Yale. My conception of her statements so far is that Ivies particularly Yale serve as the common ground for students of all backgrounds. Students are denied educational opportunities due to their low SES backgrounds. I’m a victim of this economic subjugation. Which is why I think Yale provides a fairground for students like me with rich upperclass students. Hmom is right. Membership into Yale is not underlined by your background, fame, and other irrelevant factors. Membership is based on the adcoms conception of which students will make the most use of Yale. Having 2400 and 4.0’s (or 4.33’s) is an academic feat. Not all academically endowed students will make the most use of being a member of the Yale community. This is the whole purpose of the essay. In short, it takes brains and intellectual promise to get you in. Hopefully Yale will see this in a 16 year old Yale sophomore transfer, from a low SES background, underrepresented group, and is a first-generation student.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
TransferAccepted</p>
<p>lol i think hmom is just some dude in front of a computer trying to rile us up…</p>
<p>You know TransferAccepted, I think you may have completely misconstrued this thread then.</p>
<p>In what way have I “misconstrued this thread?”</p>
<p>In what sense is anything I have said false?</p>
<p>Like your understanding/comprehension of this thread is just wrong, that’s all. dirty.chicago is probably closer to keying the actual intent of hmom lol…</p>
<p>Are you implying that I go along with the pessimistic tone of this thread? Because that’s something I can’t do.</p>
<p>I am sensing a repeat of last year…</p>
<p>No TransferAccepted, but you should note that hmom comes off as kind of a tool.</p>
<p>I get that but should we focus on hmom or our chances as Yale transfers? I do not mean this antagonistically. I’m only saying that demonizing hmom is distracting us from serving the true purpose of this thread; namely the discussion of our chances as Yale transfers</p>
<p>Well…I don’t know why you brought up this frankenthread again but…</p>
<p>It’s not just this thread. That user comes off as a big tool in general. And not just a 19-20 year old tool (which would’ve been acceptable in my eyes, because we college people can be stupid sometimes), but a 50+ year old tool who’s going to die one day without any internal verification of her own sense of identity. Ladies and gentlemen: The Wharton graduate at middle age.</p>
<p>I’m just saying that demonizing hmom solves nothing. I brought up this thread because a very resourceful one like this shouldn’t end with topics unrelated to the Yale transfer agenda. It should end with someone giving a testimony of his or her admission. Hopefully it will be you, me, or maybe both of us. That’s why it can’t end like this.</p>
<p>Well then you’re just wrong. hmom says so explicitly that the essay won’t make up for poorer aspects of the application.</p>