<p>I had this converstion on MSN with this guy who is from greater Vancouver, BC, Canada as well.. anyhow, to summerize, he claimed he got in harvard in oct b.c his grandparents donated a million dollars.. then he showed me his dartmouth likely.. this is what he has to say about his princeton acceptance.. someone tell me this is a joke... how can someone just get in like this.... </p>
<p>-dragon says:
princeton's being a pain and foricng me to strike a deal if i want to go there with "special status"
-dragon says:
they want me to do summer courses
-incredibility. says:
how did u get that offer?
-dragon says:
two ways... ym buddy plays for team canada's youth baseball team
-dragon says:
and his coach used to be a coach at princeton
-incredibility. says:
then?
-dragon says:
and thru him i got in touch with admissiosn office and informed them of the top 250 thingy that dartmouth placed me in, so they got back to me with that offer
-incredibility. says:
i got that dartmouth thing too
-dragon says:
impressive
-incredibility. says:
top 500
-incredibility. says:
not top 250
-incredibility. says:
and i didn't have connections
-incredibility. says:
surprising eh?
-dragon says:
my mistake then
-incredibility. says:
so you told them?
-incredibility. says:
that you got a dartmouth likely?
-incredibility. says:
and then princeton just admitted you?
-incredibility. says:
the ****?
-dragon says:
dartmouth's confirmed with me
-incredibility. says:
what?
-dragon says:
altho i'm still holding out in hopes that i get a "normal" admissiosn offer without strings
-incredibility. says:
i don't get wha tyou said
-incredibility. says:
so you told princeto
-incredibility. says:
nthat you got the dartmouth likely
-incredibility. says:
then pricneton told you they wiull give you an offer?
-dragon says:
essentially, yes
-incredibility. says:
how did you tell them that?
-dragon says:
the princeton coach guy hooked me up with a personal call with an admissiosn officer
-incredibility. says:
what did you say to her? "i got a likely from dartmouth."
-incredibility. says:
that's it?
-dragon says:
i spoek it more elgantly, but yah
-incredibility. says:
so basically princeton admitted you just b.c you got a likely from darmtouth?
-dragon says:
i told them some other stuff too
-dragon says:
(ie. i used to swim natioanlly)
-incredibility. says:
really?
-dragon says:
yes
-dragon says:
i quit when i was 13 because of a heel injury (smashed it while diving)
-dragon says:
it was itneresting, i was drowning but the lifeguards dind't help me cause they knew that i swam well... eventualyl some fat old guy saved me
-dragon says:
worst comes to worst, we're both goign to dartmouth right?
-dragon says:
what are you gonna study over there?
-incredibility. says:
i don't know. i might pick penn over dartmouth
-incredibility. says:
or columbia if i get in
-incredibility. says:
i don't know which other school i can get in
-incredibility. says:
i want to get into princeton
-dragon says:
penns' accepted?
-incredibility. says:
anyway i want to go to princeton most
-dragon says:
i screewed up and couldn't apply to penn/colubmia cause i didn't do SAT II english
-incredibility. says:
lol
-incredibility. says:
i still don't get it.. how can you just get into princeton like that
-dragon says:
i ran out of testing dates because of a scheduling conflict... onyl ended up doing math II/ chem/physics
-dragon says:
because the coach guy used to coach at pricneton
-incredibility. says:
still
-incredibility. says:
USED to
-incredibility. says:
and coach has nothing to do with admissions
-incredibility. says:
it's not like he was the former dean of admissions
-dragon says:
i have no clue, maybe they were one person short on the minority quota list or something
-incredibility. says:
are you a minority?
-dragon says:
i'm indian
-incredibility. says:
that's not minority
-dragon says:
are you defiantely goign state-side?</p>
<h2>then i just left...</h2>
<p>i've stopped talking to him.. sat 2 english? wow never heard of that... ok, someone tell me he is joking here... this is sick.</p>
<p>Even as a developmental admit (person who familiy has tons of money and a big time potential donor) He has to go through the admissions process like every on else, He had to apply to Harvard EA or Princeton Ed (not both simultaneously no matter how much money he has. IF he got admssions from one during this process, he would have had to withdraw all of his other applications. Donating a million dollars even as an international student is not going to get him into an ivy (especially as an international student ) if he still has nothing to bring to the table. </p>
<p>The princeton coah hooking him up with an admissions guy is not going to happen no matter how much money he ha. The process works the other waay, he is recruited, coaches pass their list on to admissions and admissions make the decision.</p>
<p>Harvard's and Princeton both have mutli billion dollar endowments, and they regect legacy applicants who have given big money to thier schools, They are not hard pressed to take a C student. I think you are worrying way to much over this because if it did happen (which I seriously doubt) ther would be nothing you could do about it. But this NYer is right now from Missouri so -show me.</p>
<p>Story has way too many inconsistencies, he is BSing you</p>
<p>PW: As far as legacies go: remember, SOMEONE has to set the bottom of the curve. Better them, with the family moneybags to fall back on, than you. If it were all up to academic merit, the schools would be full of high-strung Asian kids with 1600s and 4.0 averages. (Politically incorrect statement, I know. But read The Bell Curve. Or visit Berkeley and UCLA.) And someday you'll want YOUR kids to get a slightly improved shot at YOUR alma mater. Life isn't fair. And some people (like the guy you quoted) are just full of merde.</p>
<p>you can't generalize all legacies like that though. or at least i hope you can't. as i'm a legacy (to the fifth power or something). and i have to say, it doesn't make me feel very good when people say, oh, you got a likely because of your family, right? or: you don't need to worry about college at all, you've got a legacy.</p>
<p>i guess that's why for a while i didn't even want to apply to dartmouth.
because i (and probably other legacies) want to believe that we can get into college on our own merit.
and the thing is, i'lll never know.</p>
<p>Humble apologies, skyandsea. You are undoubtedly a serious scholar. Once you get to Dartmouth, prevail upon them (and other Ivies) to stop admitting party-drink-DUI people like Ms. Bush. They (not me) are the ones who make all you legacies look bad. (And they DO establish the bottom of the curve.) </p>
<p>Also--toughen up, cupcake. If you're going to do a korinthenkaker* speech whenever someone makes a joke about legacies, you're going to have a rough four years. </p>
<p>*German, literally "raisin pooper". Someone who makes a big deal over small things, who insists on all I's dotted, who won't approve a budget report because of a missing footnote....a very useful term to know, especially if you plan to work in government.</p>
<p>but he did send over his dartmouth likely and i read it...</p>
<p>the funny thing is, he said "worst comes, we both go to darmtouth right"</p>
<p>i was thinking, if you told me harvard is your choice and you already got in BEFORE the EA decision date, why are you saying you're going to dartmouth??</p>
<p>Pronunciation of "korinthenkaker". You are correct. Second half of the word is pronounced like "cocker". First half is Cor-IN-ten (and if you're a stickler, don't forget to usethe harsh Teutonic R that you've heard in WWII movies in phrases such as "Raus, Juden Schwein!"). </p>
<p>And yes, a very useful word. German is full of such train-car words.</p>
<p>Who else would say their numbers as such...</p>
<p>Vierundzwanzig!</p>
<p>It's 24!!!</p>
<p>Gosh, I love German so. I'm always seeing German films (Run Lola Run, for example) to get used to hearing the words. I also think it's funny how Spanish kids have Y Tu Mama Tambien and Talk to Her, French kids have Amelie...and us German kids have old Nazi newsreels and footage. Woo!</p>