<p>^Sure they do. The longer the essay the higher the score. And no points off for making up facts. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>As much as anyone I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall at the admissions office. Who wouldn’t want to know if they thought the essay was funny or just weird? Or whether all those low B’s in Latin made a difference? Or how the letters of recommendation came off? For both kids I knew (more or less) what the strengths and weaknesses of the application were. </p>
<p>Just to use an example from our experience, so what if MIT said, “Oh no another computer nerd!” while Harvard said “Oooh, cool a computer nerd!” ? It’s not as though we could go back and say to MIT, “But didn’t you appreciate how funny his essay was?”</p>