Doonesbury on college essays

Parents Forum
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<p>No politics in this one folks:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I've really been enjoying these strips lately with Alex applying to colleges - loved the discussions she had with her mother. Wonder if she'll get into MIT?</p>

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<p>I wonder if Gary & Jane have a high school senior...</p>

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<p>The cynicism of Alex cracks me up, particularly today's strip where she tells Mike her Common App essay is on her ex-boyfriends. </p>

<p>Mike: And why would colleges want to know that?
Alex: Personal growth. They eat it up.</p>

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<p>No, but they went through this a few years ago. They have twins about age 21 and another child a year younger.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was going to post about today's strip too. So on target. For some reason, I thought of CC immediately.</p>

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Wonder if she'll get into MIT?</p>

<p>The cynicism of Alex cracks me up, particularly today's strip where she tells Mike her Common App essay is on her ex-boyfriends.

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<p>I guess as long as it doesn't fall into Nance's list of don'ts....</p>

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<li>Under the section labeled Extracurricular Activities, do not list the following: Being a great boyfriend/girlfriend; 20 hours per week.</li>
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<p>it should be quite interesting.</p>

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<p>My theory is that they are going to hate this essay, and that's why she ends up at Walden.</p>

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<p>Okay, just read today's strip. It's obvious that while his kids may have already gone through this, SOMEBODY close to him is in the middle of applications -- the Penn "autobiography" essay is featured.</p>

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<p>LOL. Sounds like the kids in CC's Penn forum. She forgot to add "and I'll make a big contribution to the University".</p>