<p>She sounds incredibly bitter for someone coming here and I wish they’d rescind her admit.</p>
<p>Psychodad, yeah, I met a Yale physician just last week who managed to insult the crap out of his patient. It’s not worth obsessing over those places if the result is a personality like that.</p>
<p>Guys, you are taking it too seriously. I deal with students who go through a similar experience to hers annually, and there is nothing wrong with blowing off some steam. Some universities are genuinely selective, but most very selective universities today are playing a sick game with teenagers. This sort of response should not be considered unusual or inappropriate.</p>
<p>I just hope that her rant doesn’t come back to haunt her in the future, especially if she considers graduate school at an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>If it does, then it’s just too bad all around. I don’t think she did anything wrong or even sillly. I would be glad if she ends up at Michigan as well. After four wonderful years in Ann Arbor, she’ll forget about missing out on those east coast schools.</p>
<p>I don’t think she needs the Ivy League for graduate school. While the Ivy League have some formidable graduate programs, they are by no means the only options. Regardless of her graduate school interests, she will have several top 10 graduate programs in her very own conference (the Big 10) to consider. Chicago and Michigan have top 5 Law schools, Northwestern is not far behind. Kellogg and Booth are top 5 MBA programs, Michigan is not far behind. Michigan and Chicago have top 10 Medical schools, Northwestern is not far behind. Michigan, UIUC and Purdue have top 10 Engineering programs, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Penn State are not far behind. And in virtually each traditional discipline, the Big 10 has a top 5 department and several top 10 departments. </p>
<p>I actually commend her for her article. Back in my day, getting into college was relatively straight forward. Now, it has become a game and universities are using students as pawns. I do not think there is anything wrong with students snapping back. Good for her!</p>
<p>Besides that Alexandre, she is articulate and surprisingly poised for a 17-18 year old. She will do well wherever she goes to school. We all have to realize what part of the country she comes from. If she were born or grew up in the midwest, the pressure to go to an Ivy would be much less or non existent.</p>
<p>Didn’t she call Africans “Chimps” or something incredibly racist like that?</p>
<p>I might be thinking about a different story but I think it was this one.</p>
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<p>No, her exact quote is this:</p>
<p>“I also probably should have started a fake charity. Providing veterinary services for homeless people’s pets. Collecting donations for the underprivileged chimpanzees of the Congo.”</p>
<p>I don’t think she has mediocre stats. Since when is a 2120 on the SAT considered subpar?</p>
<p>Since collegeconfidential! : P</p>
<p>The key phrase there was “for those schools”. </p>
<p>Those are very good stats. They are mediocre for Ivies and such.</p>
<p>2120 is pretty good. The mid point at Brown and Cornell is under 2100.</p>
<p>Can you show me those statistics, Alex? The ones I’m finding would suggest she is actually under the 50th percentile. </p>
<p>Though honestly, it’s really unimportant. They are not exceptional scores for those schools.</p>
<p>Good call romanigypseyes. Upon looking at Brown’s CDS, they mid point is 2150. Cornell does not consider or report the Writing section. Their CR+M mid point is 1420. I do not think its W section mid point would be much higher than the Writing’s. I would estimate Cornell would be right around 2120. Either way, her SAT scores were obviously not the problem.</p>
<p>I was honestly pretty annoyed by the essay. I didn’t find it too humorous and I honestly felt that she was extremely whiney. I’m honestly exhausted of hearing students in my own school complain the same way. I’m sorry but a 2120 SAT score and a 4.5 GPA doesn’t make you anything special. There are thousands and thousands of applicants with the same stats. I’m sure at least half of the applicants had competitive stats. Get over yourself. </p>
<p>I was upset getting waitlisted/rejected by what I thought were match or even high safety schools. The admission process is competitive. </p>
<p>My advice to younger students is to keep your expectations low. Expect rejections and wait lists, even when the stats say otherwise. Then you’ll be greatly surprised with the good news! (As was I with Ross).</p>
<p>And to those who say “all of my hard work is wasted” because they were rejected by the top 10 schools in the nation, LOL. Arrogance at it’s finest.</p>
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<p>Yup. The big sister she called crying, told her to write it down because she’s a former editor at the WSJ. The publication of her tirade is based on crony privilege and the accomplishments of others rather than on her own merit. Not surprising that she felt entitled to schools she didn’t qualify for.</p>
<p>What a harsh life in her million dollar home [Luxury</a> Real Estate: A Star Architect for a Song - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038301146022524.html]Luxury”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038301146022524.html), while attending a national blue ribbon school in Pennsylvania and having a big sis who works at the Journal to help with admissions essays. Hopefully all of the sororities in Ann Arbor have balled her, forcing her to rely on good old nepotism, when she uses her mom or big sister for legacy status.</p>
<p>[High</a> schooler who wrote op-ed about college rejection pays enrollment deposit to the University of Michigan](<a href=“http://www.annarbor.com/news/high-schooler-who-wrote-op-ed-about-college-rejection-pays-enrollment-deposit-to-the-university-of-m/]High”>High schooler who wrote op-ed about college rejection pays enrollment deposit to the University of Michigan)</p>
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<p>To me it sounds like she plans to write about her experiences in Europe and reapplies to the Ivies that rejected her – merely holding her place at Michigan as a safety. She’s far too special to attend a selective PUBLIC. Oh the horror.</p>