What NOT to do on your application, tour or interview

Applying to College
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<p>"An essay submitted to Texas Christian University stood out, but for the wrong reasons. Raymond A. Brown, dean of admissions, says the high-school senior's application "was solid until the essay, where he wrote an articulate description of torturing frogs. I kept waiting for the punch line, but there wasn't any." Mr. Brown called the applicant's high-school counselor, who steered him away from taking the young man.</p>

<p>It wasn't clear whether the applicant knew that the university's mascot is the horned frog."</p>

<p>From the blog of Matt McGann, associate director of admissions at MIT: <a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/07/crazy_admission.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/07/crazy_admission.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Those are some interesting stories</p>

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<p>^Here a some more...from parents on CC:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=211351%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=211351&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Really fun to read.</p>

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<p>I thought this was funny, too. Another one from the article cited earlier.</p>

<p>"Liz H. Woyczynski, director of undergraduate admissions at Case Western Reserve University, tells of an applicant to a program that guarantees admission to the university's medical school. During an all-day open house, he pulled a deck of cards out of his jacket pocket and did magic tricks every time he met a new member of the admissions staff. "He was hoping to make a memorable impression on us, but it was over the top, especially since we had already gotten his 45-page r</p>

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<p>^poor guy... tried too hard.</p>

<p>Not feeling sorry for the frog torturer.</p>