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Is it really something they hate seeing?
That sounds kind of cliché to me, but that is just me.
I interview about 6 EA and 15 - 20 RD. I hear that a lot. Boring.but not a ding. (But, that is not the only cliché I hear in the interviews.)
bump, im interested too
I can’t imagine they’d hate it, I mean his quotes are engraved all over the campus pathways, but it also won’t stand out as interesting or creative in any way.
If this occured to you
, you can pretty much assume it’s off limits.
Naked pandering; too cutesy. I heard a UVA rep tell an audience of +1000 people – please don’t use Thomas Jefferson in your any of your essays…
I surmise Penn reps feel the same about their eminently quotable founder.
I think it is fine if the quote fits well into the essay and isn’t forced. Same rule you use to decide whether to use an SAT word in an essay.