<p>The reason i'm transfering is because of the prestige attached to the top notch schools. While applying, will they ask for a genuine reason as to why we dont like our old schools?</p>
<p>yes - 10 char -</p>
<p>YES.
YES.
YES.
are you kidding me?</p>
<p>Not only do you need a reason, but you better find a really good one. Or you could just write in your essay that you’d like to attend their school so you can name-drop to your peers and future colleagues… they’d love that.</p>
<p>If by “genuine,” you mean “something-they-want-to-hear,” then yes. They can’t handle the truth and would reject you for being honest. </p>
<p>You tell a girl you’re into her for her “personality,” not for her firm C cups and shapely ass.</p>
<p>You might think you want to transfer to an ivy. But think hard about it. Just because it looks good on paper doesn’t mean you’ll enjoy being there.</p>
<p>Sometimes it’s just not worth the headache of a transition.</p>
<p>And ask around. Most successful people you talk to come from all kinds of backgrounds (a bulk of them from state schools) and most window stickers of ivy leagues are on crappy cars. Name is NOT everything.</p>
<p>..just something to think about.</p>
<p>would you put a window sticker on a nice car?</p>
<p>Don’t colleges realize that 9 times out of 10 it’s going to be about moving up the ladder? Can’t they change the prompt so I don’t have to bs so much. And if this is the case, then why doesn’t everyone just claim racism.</p>
<p>Perhaps they just want to see how well you can bs: it will be an integral part of your life, after all.</p>
<p>How about thats a great reason to put such prompts. They want to eliminate people who just want to see if they get into an ivy, and those who really dont care to much about the actual school other than the name. If you have nothing to offer the school then I do not think you should apply.</p>
<p>They’re also eliminating people who just happen to be less adept liars. </p>
<p>I don’t get why people “fall in love” with an institution. A school is some buildings, some kids, and some administration that wants to take your money and then have you make them more money in the future via donations and as a de facto form of advertisement. There’s plenty of ambitious kids that want to go to a school simply because of the opportunity to get rich; it’s just an investment like any other.</p>
<p>Colleges shouldn’t put pressure on kids to lie about why they want to go where.</p>
<p>Since when were people supposed contribute to a school. As if most individuals make a difference (notice how I said “most”? This is to deter the inevitable ‘Ghandi Defense’). “if John didn’t go to school X, well it wouldn’t be school X at all. It’d be like your run of the mill school Y”. lol </p>
<p>That came out a little condescending, but it’s not meant to be.</p>
<p>Is wanting to make a decent future for yourself not enough reason? Should you lie just because in order to make that future possible you have to attend a better school? I will be going to T50 school next year, it’d be great if I had a science related major but I don’t. I want to do Econ or maybe even business. Most econ majors at the school I will be going to aren’t even going to be able to get econ/business related jobs.</p>
<p>They should make this a featured discussion.</p>
<p>totally agree with glueeater</p>
<p>why don’t you figure out what makes it prestigious and form those points around your personality and goals.</p>
<p>I am know to be very anti-list guy, just from personal experiences. I’ve seen cousins go to Penn from UPitt, an uncle making over 300,000 from loyola chicago, and another uncle graduating from some small PA college who owns 3 new cars, and a quarter-mil house.</p>
<p>I know these aren’t “the rule” but they aren’t exceptions to the rule either. motivation, a passion in college, and networking skills are going to be your best friends.</p>
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<p>Most Ivy stickers are on Volvo station wagons…AND crappy cars. Regardless of how you phrase the situation, institutions are businesses AND people are selfish. Academics want to milk every resource an institution has for research, greedy money grubbing people want to milk universities for their networks. True altruism doesn’t exist, god bless America!</p>
<p>hahaha “greedy money grubbing people want to milk universities???” I think a lot of universities are very guilty of being greedy and milking us for all the money they can get…at least its a two-way street lol</p>
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Which probably explains their approximate 1 in 10 acceptance rate ;).</p>
<p>“What?! No way Elgguj, maybe most schools are like that, but not college X… that’s why I’m going there! College X is truly a selfless, altruistic, benevolent entity that only wants the best for its students…”</p>
<p>“What?! No way… maybe some women cheat on their significant others at some point, but my wife would never do that to me. Our son looks a lot like our pool boy… but I’m sure it’s just a coincidence…”</p>