"lookingforward, sometime back, you referred somewhat disparagingly to applicants who say (in effect): “Here I am in all my high school glory.”
Um, no. I said: "You don’t get to just say, “Here I am, in all my hs glory. Love me…or something’s wrong with you.”
There’s a difference. And I’ve suggested in the past that you avoid quoting me, lest we get these mix-ups. kk?
The fact is: the way any 1 or 1001 posters think these tippy top colleges should admit, is not the reality. Those schools are not coming down off their perch to ask you. Nor is the Brtish model relevant. When you start your own college, go for whatever plan makes sense to you and your investors. If you find the US holistic system unpalatable, go elsewhere. If you so object to hoilistic, go for the best rack and stack college you can find.
Now, at this point, this particular argument usually turns to inequality (yup,) the idea that if there are standards, the poor kids or first gens or otherwise not guided by their parents kids are oh so woefully behind. They can’t firgure it out, etc, etc, etc. Maybe how there are kids in some poster’s area that don’t have this advantage or that. More anecdotes and vague “I heard that…”
And then I say, NOT.
LOL.