<p>^Right, that’s how I took it. And if they don’t want you, it’s their loss and it’s what’s meant to be. :]
Eventually, I hope everyone thinks like Douglas Adams: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” <3
And yeah, I’m sure “screw them” is just slang, it’s not actually trying to offend a school 
I would rather a school accept or not accept me for who I am, not a framed version of me. No gimmicks or desperate “selling points.”
Hooray!</p>
<p>I said I would get burritos and call up old friends.</p>
<p>^are you serious?</p>
<p>pigs<em>at</em>sea-who are you to judge?
I think that response gives me an idea of who the person is and what is important.
I think calling up old friends is a great response, and what brings people together more than food?</p>
<p>What did you say? what makes it any better than any of our honest responses?</p>
<p>my whole supplement, including the short takes, personal essay, was tied around one big thing =]</p>
<p>^yay for you?
maybe the Yale people will love it, or they might think it’s contrived
you’re not an expert, so don’t put others down</p>
<p>what is your problem louise? all I said what that saying that “screw yale” was offensive, and i don’t think the Yale ppl would like it if they knew u said that</p>
<p>yepp well ppl tend to “contrive” their applications. it’s called MAXIMIZING YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING IN!</p>
<p>why were you even asking me about what I said in my short takes? hmm…</p>
<p>ok, I’m not trying to get into a fight, but first of all, rocket said ‘screw them’ as a ‘take it or leave it’ kind of attitude. she (you’re a she, right?) isn’t going to make herself seem like she’s something she isn’t. If Yale likes her, then good. If not, they missed out. I don’t know how you can see any offense in that statement unless you’re peculiarly dull. Second, I think you can definitely learn from the saying “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” because a number of your comments have been quite rude and unnecessary.</p>
<p>^what comments of mine have been quite rude and unnecessary?</p>
<p>^I believe she meant “screw” whatever colleges did not accept her. I didn’t think it was a specific jab at Yale, which is amazing.
And your remarks are drenched in sarcasm. Not that I don’t appreciate using sarcasm. But who are you to tell people “wrong attitude” or “are you serious?” to their honest answers? Jussayin’.</p>
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Whoaa caps lock. Lol well I think it’s lovely we can have such healthy discussions about our perspectives.
I guess I would say I’m a romantic and would rather know that I was accepted to a college purely based on who I really am, not a distorted or aggrandized illusion of who I am.</p>
<p>and this isn’t rude?
pshhh</p>
<p>We didn’t say we were perfectly innocent either, but I believe it’s justified Louise defended her original post. I’m just introducing my support for her ideas.
And aniram offered a nice summary of what we think :]</p>
<p>Perhaps I wasn’t as kind as I could have been, but I also didn’t attack what others said. I simply was defending what myself and others said. I even said that the Yale people could easily love your app-which they could. But they also could easily hate it. So, don’t act like you have some kind of magical insight the rest of us lack. </p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the defense 
I am in fact a she</p>
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see you’re doing that againnnn</p>
<p>um i said</p>
<p>first, bike around prospect park. second, go to a play or visit a museum. finally, consume more breakfast food than you thought humanly possible at a diner.</p>
<p>p.s. can we all just relax? i know college confidential is a magnet for really high stress individuals, but it also attracts some really intelligent, highly qualified kids. we’ll be fine</p>
<p>Pigs: Yes, I seriously said I would get burritos with old friends. Here’s my reasoning:
- It’s what I actually did with my most recent free afternoon (the day before). I mentioned this in my response.
- In light of the rest of my application, I feel it’s more important that I convey that I am not an automaton. If I said something academic or high-cultural, I would seem over the top and therefore insincere.
- The expression that I maintain meaningful connections in the long term shows that I will take advantage of the the opportunity to interact with my peers at Yale and help make the alumni community more cohesive. It also shows that I value connections from the past, and am therefore more likely to donate money to Yale in the future.</p>
<p>Please take no offense to this, Pigs, because I do appreciate your concern for me, but all of my responses are both well-reasoned and sincere.</p>
<p>^And outside of the Yale Medical School during lunch time, the vendors sell some amazingggg burritos :]
Whoo hoo!</p>
<p>my son may have wrote that if he had a free afternoon, he would start to work on his Harvard app but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>^Thats hilarious</p>