<p>I want to expand on one of my ECs..</p>
<p>So if I am doing research with John Doe, should I refer to him as
John C. Doe (CC ‘72)
in order to indicate that he is an alum... or is that terribly absurd? lol</p>
<p>P.S. He/She's pretty famous, but less famous than Madeleine Albright.</p>
<p>Sure - it is more info.</p>
<p>Look, the adcoms think that their school is the greatest one on earth and are looking for kids that think the same thing.</p>
<p>thanks beprepn, but i feel like an utter douche bag doing this..</p>
<p>hmm</p>
<p>If he is actually famous and isn't just the case that you're exaggerating, you shouldn't need to identify him by his CC year for him to be recognized.</p>
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<p>Not really. Many of the adcoms went to college/grad school at other universities, so they may not think that Columbia is the greatest school on earth even though they like Columbia. But that doesn't stop them from looking for kids that will make Columbia the greatest school on earth.</p>
<p>No, the same sounds fake.</p>
<p>If he's actually famous, i.e. there's at least a 50-50 chance an admissions reader would have heard of him, then sure, put it on. But just because he runs a company or makes a lot of money on wall street doesn't mean that they've heard of him in Peoria.</p>
<p>unless its someone like barach obama (sp?) :P</p>
<p>yeah ok fine if you've worked with george stephanopoulos or ruth bader ginsberg, this isn't really a question, now is it? :)</p>
<p>ehh.. i'm putting it</p>
<p>lol John C. Doe (CC ‘72) is just an example?</p>
<p>wth.. now i'm not putting it</p>
<p>it looks ridiculous</p>