<p>I'd just like to respond that though your son did academically well in high school, it isn't the most first thing land admissions looks at. I actually asked someone on the board to rank it and they said 1. Essays first, 2. Interview(if applicable) 3. GPA and Sat. You can tell that it isn't the most important thing considering that the average GPA of the school is about an 85(the interviewer i spoke to got in with an 82) and the fact that they ask for a bout a billion essays(that i've spent 3months on so far lol). Its my dream school. Hooray HEOP!</p>
<p>Also its very much a New Yorker school. Prepare for tons of Soho bums, emo kids and hippies on bikes. Like i said my dream school :)</p>
<p>TourGuide446--Grades are very one dimensional. Someone can get a B, but does that tell you that they are a great writer but a poor test taker? That they are brilliant in class discussions, but not so great at writing? That they never come to class prepared, but are great at analysis? An evaluation can tell you these things. Evaluations are much more valuable to the student, as they tell him/her where they need to change, and to graduate schools, they know what kind of student they are admitting. If you had 100 "b" students' transcripts to look at and 90 of them had nothing but letters on them, and 10 had actual prose paragraphs about the students' qualities, who would you pick?
I think that the value of multidisciplinary majors is obvious, and many more schools, not just the "alternative" ones, are recognizing that as well.
In terms of being "interesting"--some people think that everyone wearing the same designer clothes, the same baseball caps, etc. says "I'm not very interesting"</p>
<p>just wondering what sort of a reputation eugene lang has. would a degree from here be well recognized or is it just kind of going to college for the sake of?</p>