Those With Golden Spoons

Applying to College
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<p>Just to clear up: I am lower middle class. The trip wasn't a vacation, it was a gig with the orchestra, and we were constantly in rehearsal and performance. I jammed in as much of Europe as I could into the free hours, but could only do things that were free or extremely low cost, like take hikes and benefit from student tours of land marks. I had to do a lot of fund raising, and didn't eat in any restaurants (I snuck from the breakfast tables, hoarded at dinner, in general acted cheap and dishonest). </p>

<p>It really was one of the best experiences of my life and greatly altered my outlook on the connection between academics and reality. So though I do expect a healthy number of rejection letters, I hope it will be because of my 720 math, not my essay.</p>

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They probably don't give a darn, honestly.

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I'd suggest students read "The Gatekeepers" which was written about an adcom (and the admission process at Wesleyan) ... and in the book the adcom say they expect kids to take advantage of the opportunities provided to them (which certainly effects the expectations they have for kids of priviledge)</p>