Penn Admissions Officer Mocked Applicant Essays [DP]

<p>The number of admissions reps that are only recently out of college shocked me too.</p>

<p>I hope that the filtering process ultimately gets to seasoned pros. </p>

<p>It seems like a lot of power and influence for such young people to handle. On the other hand, admissions requires a certain level of ruthlessness and I know I’ve grown softer and gotten more mellow with age. Maybe young folks are needed to reject tens of thousands of kids every year.</p>