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<p>Geez, sane teenagers actually want to read Polybius or Dante? What did you do to your S to damage him so badly? If you want to read a book, go to the library, don’t pay $200k for the privilege 
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<p>Overall, I would say that this is bad advice. Doing this means that you are trying to tell the admissions officer what you think they want to hear, instead of what you think. Then again, my opinion is as authoritative as all the other posters on this board.</p>