<p>the rub in that quote is that Bel says, “judge people individually based on their academic achievement.” Don’t be misled by “individually.”</p>
<p>We open a file, hoping for the best, hoping to be excited by a kid. If you assume all these great kids with rigor and stats are necessarily exciting to an adcom, you miss reality. There’s a multi-page app in which they get to present themselves. Many cannot do that well, because their goal has been the quantitative. Their hs status has been based on the hs box, academically, socially and in activities. Their “icing” often consists of those “box” activities, little sentiment, or evidence of perspective. follow the chance-me threads and you see it. Narrow thinking.<br>
Whose fault?</p>