" The real secret of college admissions"

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<p>I read this article and thought it might be helpful:</p>

<p>The Real Secret of College Admissions by David L. Marcus</p>

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The high school seniors trudge up my front steps, carrying resumes and wearing uneasy smiles. They are deferential, even desperate. My children refer to them simply as 'the applicants.'</p>

<p>I think of them as the supplicants. They hope to wow me with their student council president personalities, their plethora of advanced placement classes, their capacious SAT vocabularies. They act as though I have the hotline to the admissions committee. If they can just give the right answers for 30 minutes in my living room, they figure, they'll be much closer to prying open the gates to the Ivy League.</p>

<p>I'm a volunteer interviewer for the alma mater, Brown University.

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<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/the-real-secret-of-college-admissions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2009/08/19/the-real-secret-of-college-admissions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks for this article, it’s very interesting !
Let’s google his name now ! lol</p>

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<p>finally someone who actually read the article lol:)</p>

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<p>I wonder how this article would be different if he had went to a state school instead.</p>

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<p>hmmm thats a good point to bring up^</p>

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<p>Well, for one, he wouldn’t be a Brown alumni interviewer…which would kind of kill the entire point of the passage.</p>

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<p>well duh lol^</p>

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<p>I’m just saying that he wouldn’t have the same “ivy leagues aren’t important” attitude if he hadn’t gone to one.</p>

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<p>The thing is he talks about how he “ended up” at Brown and seemed disappointed about how things turned out for him. He then goes to say how Brown did manage to give him a good education as if he thought it wouldn’t. I would have more respect for the guy if he ended up going to some second tier school and having a fantastic experience. However, then the article would not have been done.</p>

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<p>Exactly…</p>

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<p>yeah it was good.</p>

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<p>He has some good points, but he sounds like a major tool, to be honest.
<acceptance: a=“” legendary=“” guidance=“” counselor=“” helps=“” seven=“” kids=“” find=“” the=“” right=“” colleges—and=“” themselves=“”> Who the hell would call himself a “legendary guidance counselor?” Plus, if he hadn’t slapped on that last “finding themselves” part, it would’ve at least been on par with some other random college help book, but now it’s something more like a college guide fused with Chicken Soup for the Soul.</acceptance:></p>

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<p>The “legendary guidance counselor” who is the subject of the book is not the author.</p>

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<p>^
Have you read it? It is a bit misleading…</p>

<p>Still, the second part of what I said stands.</p>