<p>Agree about “passion”. Most people on here seem to use it to mean “interest”, but I’d say it’s something much stronger than that. I don’t think most people have a passion. I don’t.</p>
<p>“Bama”.</p>
<p>Like, I don’t have ANYTHING against the school. “Bama” just reminds me of “Bam, yeah” which happened to be the war cry of a few 2nd grade boys I knew.</p>
<p>“Gifted” or “bright” when talking about our special “snowflakes.”
Dislike all 3 words.</p>
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<p>And that is another reason that I like it. It adds fuel to fire over holistic admissions policies.</p>
<p>“Amazing”</p>
<p>Amazing school, amazing opportunity, amazing student, amazing ECs, amazing SAT scores, amazing recs, amazing essays, amazing classmates…</p>
<p>CC members are the most easily amazed people in the world.</p>
<p>I hate when people rate their essays, letters of recommendation, or interviews on a 1-10 scale. What are you comparing it to???</p>
<p>“Bama” cracks me up, because where I live it’s an insult.</p>
<p>My personal fav: 2350 SAT/3.7UW “B” student. Seriously?</p>
<p>“Roll Tide”</p>
<p>“diverse perspectives” – always strikes me as the blind leading the blind</p>
<p>This is the best thread I’ve read on CC in ages! Love it.</p>
<p>Passion/passionate. Come to our school, where you will meet students who are as passionate as about everything they do as you are. Follow your passion!<br>
Dream school<br>
elite/prestigious
“low class” instead of low income.</p>
<p>“Lower Ivy”??? I don’t think I’ve heard that one before. What does that even mean?</p>
<p>It’s something used by some to describe every Ivy other than HYPC. </p>
<p>xD lololol
Might also see “not a real Ivy” or “second tier Ivy.” This site is hilar.</p>
<p>Oh, that reminds me. Can I add “public Ivy”? </p>
<p>I don’t know why UVA or wherever can’t be proud of who they are, as an amazing public research institution, as opposed to trying to sell themselves as a pale imitation of something else.</p>
<p>“Living abroad”: inevitably means they are being handheld on some organized program.</p>
<p>“Digital native”: doesn’t work hard but it doesn’t matter because they know how to a mac to access wikipedia.</p>
<p>Lol, this is fun! What are “snowflakes?” I am also adding “elite”, “MY honors student” and parents who list all of their child’s stats. I can barely remember mine’s GPA, much less every damn EC and AP he’s ever taken.</p>
<p>Snowflakes are a sarcastic way to make fun of parents, by implying that they are over protective, or that they think that their child is particularly special. The basic idea is that “snowflakes” are children who are very unique (at least to their loving parents, they look a lot a like to those who aren’t up close), and that they are very fragile and need some special care. In some places the term has some subtle racial tone, implying that parents of white children feel as though their children are more special than others. In other places it’s used indiscriminately.</p>
<p>“I am highly diverse”.</p>
<p>No, you are not, diversity comes from an aggregate, not an individual.</p>
<p>If we eliminated all these phrases, advice on this site would be reduced to: “Study, do the best you can, find something fun to do in your spare time, apply to colleges that you can afford (and here are some ways to find them and to pay for them), now go live a full life.”</p>
<p>Sheesh! That would be the end of the 200 post debate threads, and then what would people do? Turn off their computers and take a walk?</p>