<p>Here’s the thing… no one seems to mention that when deferred every bit of advice on CC is to show demonstrated interest. Put yourself out there that this is your first choice. You can only send midyear grades or maybe another recommendation saying more of what’s already been said. So… in that respect, she’s showing the love. What I DIDN’T like is the emphasis on her legacy status. She would have done better to not promote that so loudly. But the bottom line is, her grades, essays, supplements, recommendations and Why Yale written answers - these were all done a long time before deferral during EA. By making a video that has consequently gone viral and garnered the satire of a major nightly talk show? Hats off to the girl. </p>
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Emphasis added… As if this profession has been a bastion of ethical behavior. An acquaintance of mind told me that there are no less than 10 members of his Harvard Business School graduating class who have served time for financial misconduct.</p>
<p>I gotta tell you, I don’t see what’s so incredibly “elite” about those fields. The first three are just generally well-paid careers among lots of other well-paying careers, that’s all. I certainly don’t see being a lawyer or being a doctor as being “elite,” at all.</p>
<p>Heh, I get annoyed when people use the same word 3 or more times in the same sentence.</p>
<p>On a more serious note, you seem to be under the impression that students who successfully go through an “elite” school in an “elite” field are guaranteed a high paying, secure and satisfying job after graduating. Wrong. For one example, in a 2011 article, the National Association for Law School reported that nine months after graduation, 62.9% of law school graduates were employed in their field. Quite a difference from 100%</p>
<p>K-Mom - what poet said. I was just commenting on the irony of the elite fields.</p>
<p>As for attorneys… of all my friends who went to law school, I only think about three are actual practicing the law. The rest are in the private sector where their law degrees come in handy but mostly as it pertains to NOT having to hire out.</p>
<p>I think Ms. Milestone did not hurt anyone’s feeling. She did not do anything illegal or unethical. She only expressed her hope or did something to relieve the stress during this admission season. She is innoncent. I wish she could laugh instead of being laughed at.</p>
<p>@coolweather Oh she definitely didn’t cause any harm to anyone. I think everyone can agree to that. However, it just seems like she didn’t think this through all too well.</p>
<p>I absolutely hope she is laughing WITH instead of feeling laughed at. And you know what they say… he who laughs last… and is why I’d like to see it work out for her. On the other hand… if she gets in, will Yale then be swamped with videos next admission’s season? Parents hiring bands to back up their kids, special effects and Uncle Martin Scorsese to direct? When I think back to some of the 7th grade science projects “kids” presented, and well… there is no way some of these projects were the makings of a 13 year old boy. We parents do muddle things by trying to “support” our kids. I’ve tried to be mindful that way, but I am not without some finger pointing, especially with my oldest. My youngest on the other hand claims I can barely remember her name! I keep telling her that’s why she’s my most resilient!</p>
<p>In any event, while I wish this yale-hopefull well but I predict a wait list as the best case scenario.</p>
<p>It’s good for her if she can get in. But I think she knew the video would not help her get in. To me it’s more of a sign that some last thing she does before giving up.</p>
<p>Look, I know she’s just a kid, but posting this on youtube opened her up to public criticism. If her aim was to get in, sending it the admissions office would have been sufficient.</p>
<p>jonri, I think you’re perfectly within bounds to comment on the level of talent Ms. Milestone may or may not display. Labeling her a “spoiled brat”? There’s really no call for that. I can’t see how you would feel so bold as to draw such a conclusion from a three-and-a-half-minute video.</p>
<p>She may be a perfectly nice kid in real life. However, at least to me, IN THE VIDEO she comes across as a spoiled brat. Her arguments for getting into Yale consist of the fact that she is a legacy and that she went to a summer program of some sort there. The film displays her dancing around a bedroom and kitchen in what appears to be a decidedly upscale house, playing with two seemingly pedigreed dogs, jogging around an upscale neighborhood where teenage girls out running sport Harvard or Yale sweatshirts, yada yada. Add to that the fact that she and the dogs are wearing more Yale paraphernalia than I’ve ever seen outside a college bookstore. </p>
<p>Moreover, this isn’t a video she made, recorded and uploaded herself. It was recorded in a studio with instruments added to the sound track, including an additional guitar. According to youtube:</p>
<p>Music and Lyrics by Jackie Milestone
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals by Jackie Milestone
Additional Guitar, Bass, and Percussion by Stefan Richter and Jake Goodman of Bam Bam Studios (■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/bambamstudios)
Recording by Bam Bam Studios
Video filming and editing by Jessi Milestone</p>
<p>I’m left with the feeling that she wrote the song. I don’t know how much of the rest of the content is her work as opposed to that of the two young men who edited the sound track and added the instruments and her sister who made and edited the film. (Note that nothing is said about who wrote the script.) </p>
<p>I do know one thing…this is way over budget for most kids applying to college. Now, maybe it didn’t cost that much because the guys who own the recording studio are friends of hers—but how many poor kids have friends who own a recording studios?–and her sister did the filming and editing. </p>
<p>So, again, she may be a perfectly nice kid in real life, but I don’t like the persona of the young woman IN THE VIDEO. If I were an adcom–and I’m most definitely not—viewing the video would not influence me positively. Obviously, you think differently.</p>
<p>I am not so offended that her sister’s name is on the video within the context of editing etc. I have made the year end video’s for sports teams and I have to admit, I’m not bad. My youngest on the other hand is a natural. I can definitely see her involved if given the chance. The recording studio… well, there’s the adult meddling or parental connection exploited.</p>
<p>As for going viral… umm… being picked up by a college paper and then a local one is exactly how things go viral. Facebook has done the same for many youtube videos. However, I also agree that if done for Yale and Yale alone… EXCEPT it’s always easier and more likely your viewer will watch if all he has to do is clink a link vs go to a website and enter a password that one can only HOPE works or have someone risk inserting a virus laden DVD into their computer.</p>
<p>If you upload a video on YouTube, before it officially gets posted, it gives you the express choice of making it public, completely private to solely you, or viewable to just anyone who has the link. If her goal was just to have the Yale adcoms view it from a link, she could have chosen the last option.</p>
<p>But again, she made her decision. That’s not the decision I would have made… but I guess she’ll see in a few weeks if it paid off.</p>
<p>I didn’t say I liked the persona she portrayed in the video. And unless she were working in the “smooth jazz” genre, she couldn’t have picked a style of music that engaged me less. I simply wouldn’t have called her (or her “persona”) a “brat.”</p>
I keep telling her that’s why she’s my most resilient!</p>