<p>True</p>
<p>Blue pen is better than black (on applications).</p>
<p>true. I think :o</p>
<p>wearing jeans too an interview is too informal</p>
<p>true. </p>
<p>wearing overcoat is going on to extrreme too.</p>
<p>True.</p>
<p>One of the worse things is to shake hands with the interviewer with gel still on your hands. :P</p>
<p>That would be...disgusting...esp. for the interviewer, who has no idea what you were doing...</p>
<p>It is wise to make your political ideology known to the interviewer.</p>
<p>False.</p>
<p>Being a National Merit Finalist can give you a conclusive edge in college admissions.</p>
<p>false. :D </p>
<p>8 schools is too many to apply to</p>
<p>false... i've like 12! when finaid is a concern, u have to do the work :(</p>
<p>SAT IIs aren't as important as SAT I</p>
<p>true :) why else would some schools not require them ;)</p>
<p>adcoms love giving out their cards</p>
<p>true. for me at aleast.</p>
<p>always remeber to sign your name on every paper you send, so that the adcoms will know whose paper got hit by a dart.</p>
<p>true.. :)</p>
<p>adcoms don't care if english is the applican't first language or the second, when considering SAT cr/wr score</p>
<p>True...and there's the TOEFL for int'l kiddos.</p>
<p>Adcoms are currently reading this thread and laughing at the various worries and myths going on about them.</p>
<p>true. i'm laughing. :cool:</p>
<p>Favorite EC among the schools is dart-throwing.</p>
<p>False! It's fireball juggling!!! :D</p>
<p>Some adcom people have little secret meetings discussing applicants to the internal circle of Ivy League + MIT + Standford. (And possibly Amherst and Swarthmore.) And waggle eyebrows over similar essays to the supplements. ;)</p>
<p>bumping.</p>
<p>true. it's a fact.</p>
<p>papers laced with anthrax are a sure way to rejection.</p>
<p>Dude... :O I don't even WANT to touch that statement!</p>
<p>Offering a breath mint to your interviewer after wrinkling your nose is a sure way of getting a rejection.</p>
<p>true
:D</p>
<p>murmuring about the weather in the indoors interview room is a sure way of getting a rejection :D</p>
<p>TRUE!</p>
<p>Asking your interviewer (if significantly older) if he/she knows how to work the Internet and view your online application is a big no no</p>
<p>True.</p>
<p>Using incorrect grammar (even once) at an interview at a highly selective school will greatly hurt your chances of getting in.</p>
<p>false
-people make mistakes :p</p>
<p>the statement 'we'll give you money if you don't have any' of private highschools is just a piece of crap :p</p>