<p>Damn him... I get deferred from columbia ED and he gets into harvard EA.... I had higher stats and gpa, but he plays sax and he's black (I'm hispanic).</p>
<p>Based on your post, I wouldn't suggest that you call him your "friend". I think that true friends wish their friends well even if their friends get opportunities that they haven't been able to get.</p>
<p>yea... i meant someone that I know, as in an acquaintance. any more bull**** u wanna say? anyways how am i not gonna be the slightest bit perturbed when someone less qualified gets opportunities that i don't?</p>
<p>can you send me your or his essay ?
<a href="mailto:mmaheswaran@gssm.k12.sc.us">mmaheswaran@gssm.k12.sc.us</a></p>
<p>Just want to read it. If you dont mind, pl send it, even if you have already submitted it with your application for review.</p>
<p>I'm sorry that you were deferred; however, I'm sure you have great chances RD.</p>
<p>As for the rest, do you just need a place to vent or would you like a response to your comments? If not, please ignore the following:</p>
<p>I'd like to think that colleges are admitting PEOPLE, not just "GPA and stats." What you're essentially saying to us, then, is that your GPA and stats make you a superior human being to your acquaintance. </p>
<p>I understand where you're coming from, but you guys were evaluated by two completely different admissions committees. Who knows? If you'd applied EA to Harvard, you might have been admitted as well; similarly, if your acquaintance had applied to columbia, he might have been deferred or even outright rejected. Don't take it too hard, because it seems you're an infinitely qualified candidate for many schools.</p>
<p>The weight of the interview to the different admissions committees might have something to do with it. Maybe he had a spectacular interview. Additionally, there could be things he's done or life experiences he's written about in his essay that you as a mere "acquaintance" of his are uninformed about. Even sharing "stats and ecs" while still euphoric over an acceptance, I doubt he or any admit for that matter wanders around pouring out their heart and soul and the obstacles of life they surmounted to everyone who asks "what they put on their application to get accepted."</p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck RD and I hope that if you've read this message you will take it as the encouragement it is meant to be and not an attack on your feelings. Happy holidays!</p>
<p>I am hispanic too and I think it's sad that hispanics are complaining about another person with lower stats getting in when we are often benefited. Just wanted to put that out there.</p>
<p>If he plays the sax, he's more qualified than you in what may be a key area. The Harvard Band always needs sax players.</p>
<p>while it would still be kind of dumb, id understand if you were complaining because you are white/asian and the friend is a URM. You, however, get the same admissions boost as your friend (it might even be a bit higher for hispanics) so I don't see what is so unfair for you</p>
<p>can i read it too? <a href="mailto:echoteru@gmail.com">echoteru@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>ARE YOU SERIOUS????</p>
<p>I PLAY SAX!! and i applied to harvard rd.....</p>
<p>but i already got accepted to rice ed, so it doesnt matter...</p>
<p>me too i want to read essays submitted: <a href="mailto:a.vohra@sbcglobal.net">a.vohra@sbcglobal.net</a></p>
<p>playing an instrument does really benefit you by much?</p>
<p>If you're a Grammy winner.</p>
<p>There are some people who have been making the rounds of the elite college boards asking to see essays. I don't suggest sending essays to newbies who pop online to boards like that and ask people to send their essays. The reasons for my encouraging caution should be obvious.</p>