<p>I know I shouldn't be the one to complain, but why are there so many people giving advice? There have been a glut of posters lately who are tellling everyone they will get into Harvard...</p>
<p>These include people who:
have 1 post,
have just asked for advice for their own resume</p>
<p>It might just be people who want to the number of posts they've written to go up to a bizillion</p>
<p>If they tell people with lower stats they have a chance, it makes them confident they do too.</p>
<p>hmm never thought of that</p>
<p>yeah and none of the advice here is professional. take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Theres a whole bunch of idiots on here who act like they know everything, but who are they to say who's going to get into where and tell tell URMs they've got a chance when their list of extracurriculars sucks. Most of these people are in highschool (hehe like me); I bet only like 2 percent of the advice given on here is authentic.</p>
<p>Ya, and when the people that actually know what they are talking about give URMs an appropriate approximation of their chance- mostly low- it makes them look like asses because all these idiots say they can get in anywhere just because they are colored........................</p>
<p>it actually ****es me off because i always try to help :mad:</p>
<p>OMG I feel the same way...just because a person is Hispanic doesn't mean they can get into Harvard having 4 extracurriculars..no leadership positions...and average SAT scores. I think they would still have to have something that set them apart from other applicants.</p>
<p>the only advice I take seriously is that of Northstarmom</p>
<p>props to northstarmom</p>
<p>Iwantfood, did you seriously just say "colored"?</p>
<p>whats wrong with saying colored</p>
<p>Whoa, someone beat me to mentioning the "colored" thing!</p>
<p>no tell me what you mean by colored!</p>
<p>"the only advice I take seriously is that of Northstarmom"</p>
<p>I used to, but not after talking to an admissions officer.</p>
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no tell me what you mean by colored!
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You're lumping all minorities into one category- "colored". No, we're no "colored", we're African, Asian, Hispanic, etc. Get it right. We're not all the same. That's what's wrong with calling someone colored. </p>
<p>But I don't know, maybe in Canada they let that slide.</p>
<p>There's also the fact that it's not 1963, and we're not talking about water fountains here. You might as well say "Negro."</p>
<p>With a grain of salt= cum grano salis..hehe I'm a latin freak</p>
<p>harvard2011<br>
What did the admissions officer say to change your mind?</p>
<p>"harvard2011
What did the admissions officer say to change your mind?"</p>
<p>I don't want to say.... She probably reads through my posts, so.... What he said was good, though. :) Don't want to change the subject... So---</p>
<p>People give advice because they feel like it--- It makes them feel good to help others. :D</p>