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Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford?

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04-02-2014, 04:50 PM

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(04-02-2014, 08:54 AM)82lsju link Wrote:below is a link to his essay.
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http://nypost.com/2014/04/02/this-is-the...l-8-ivies/

I tried reading the essay. He lost me right away with "opting to select". He repeatedly uses three words when 1 wouldÂ be better. I don't think I could have gotten into Penn in 1975 with that essay.

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82 Card

04-02-2014, 04:50 PM

(This post was last modified: 04-03-2014, 07:36 PM by 82 Card.)

(04-02-2014, 08:54 AM)82lsju link Wrote:below is a link to his essay.
....
http://nypost.com/2014/04/02/this-is-the...l-8-ivies/

I tried reading the essay. He lost me right away with "opting to select". He repeatedly uses three words when 1 wouldÂ be better. I don't think I could have gotten into Penn in 1975 with that essay.

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Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-01-2014, 07:28 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Nan3cy - 04-01-2014, 01:11 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-01-2014, 01:51 PM

No question on this topic...except maybe one - by Redrum - 04-01-2014, 02:00 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Leftcoast - 04-01-2014, 02:23 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-01-2014, 03:08 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-01-2014, 04:02 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 04-01-2014, 04:29 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 82lsju - 04-01-2014, 04:40 PM

That's accurate - by Mick - 04-01-2014, 04:48 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by SUBuddha - 04-01-2014, 05:23 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by GoodGrief - 04-01-2014, 05:41 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by JeffInCorvallis - 04-01-2014, 05:58 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Brannerite - 04-01-2014, 08:01 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-01-2014, 08:30 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by DC - 04-01-2014, 08:31 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 2 for 2028 - 04-01-2014, 08:41 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by jacketree - 04-01-2014, 08:42 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-01-2014, 08:45 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by terry - 04-01-2014, 08:58 PM

Dreams - by jacketree - 04-01-2014, 09:00 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-01-2014, 09:06 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Boston Card - 04-01-2014, 09:28 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 82lsju - 04-01-2014, 09:37 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by SUBuddha - 04-01-2014, 09:46 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by DC - 04-01-2014, 09:48 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-02-2014, 05:59 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-02-2014, 06:01 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-02-2014, 08:14 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by stupac2 - 04-02-2014, 08:48 AM

Re: But he did apply to Duke...... - by 82lsju - 04-02-2014, 08:54 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Stymie - 04-02-2014, 09:14 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 2 for 2028 - 04-02-2014, 09:35 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Leftcoast - 04-02-2014, 10:26 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-02-2014, 11:14 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Stymie - 04-02-2014, 11:20 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CompSci87 - 04-02-2014, 12:12 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-02-2014, 12:16 PM

Add me to the list - by Fresbone - 04-02-2014, 01:23 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Nan3cy - 04-02-2014, 03:00 PM

Re: But he did apply to Duke...... - by 82 Card - 04-02-2014, 04:50 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Leftcoast - 04-02-2014, 05:29 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 82 Card - 04-02-2014, 05:30 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by jacketree - 04-02-2014, 06:25 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by akiddoc - 04-02-2014, 08:48 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by jacketree - 04-02-2014, 10:25 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by needle - 04-03-2014, 02:54 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by M T - 04-03-2014, 04:30 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-03-2014, 05:46 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-03-2014, 06:05 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Stymie - 04-03-2014, 08:28 AM

100 transfer students. I love it! THE Immortal 100!! - by Redrum - 04-03-2014, 08:41 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by stupac2 - 04-03-2014, 09:09 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by oman - 04-03-2014, 09:27 AM

Let's not forget.... - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 10:21 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 10:23 AM

Leapfrogging - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 10:29 AM

Re: But he did apply to Duke...... - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 10:32 AM

On the other hand.... - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 10:37 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by M T - 04-03-2014, 11:04 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-03-2014, 01:58 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 04-03-2014, 03:12 PM

Re: But he did apply to Duke...... - by 82 Card - 04-03-2014, 07:43 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by fullmetal - 04-03-2014, 10:49 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by FarmBoy - 04-04-2014, 06:29 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-04-2014, 06:53 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CornFed - 04-04-2014, 08:55 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Spiny_Norman - 04-04-2014, 01:53 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-04-2014, 03:24 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by larkinforever - 04-04-2014, 05:03 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-04-2014, 05:43 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by fullmetal - 04-05-2014, 12:47 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-05-2014, 07:03 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by larkinforever - 04-05-2014, 07:28 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by larkinforever - 04-05-2014, 07:31 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by larkinforever - 04-05-2014, 11:28 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CornFed - 04-05-2014, 01:11 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Kathy - 04-05-2014, 01:56 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Nan3cy - 04-05-2014, 01:57 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-05-2014, 05:12 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by yvonne - 04-05-2014, 06:21 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 04-05-2014, 11:53 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by fullmetal - 04-06-2014, 12:26 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by ColoradoTree - 04-07-2014, 10:35 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Spiny_Norman - 04-07-2014, 04:39 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by SUBuddha - 04-07-2014, 06:30 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Kathy - 04-08-2014, 12:49 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Kathy - 04-08-2014, 02:35 PM

A brief example... - by Mick - 04-09-2014, 08:01 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Boston Card - 04-09-2014, 11:01 AM

Re: A brief example... - by CowboyIndian - 04-09-2014, 11:40 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by washingtonismoney - 04-09-2014, 11:41 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by needle - 04-27-2014, 03:16 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CTcard - 04-27-2014, 07:33 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by 82lsju - 04-27-2014, 08:31 PM

A better comparison would be the UC system - by Mick - 04-28-2014, 09:19 AM

Re: A better comparison would be the UC system - by CTcard - 04-28-2014, 09:36 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by pauloalto - 04-28-2014, 10:12 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CornFed - 04-28-2014, 11:11 AM

From UCLA's own web site... - by Mick - 04-28-2014, 01:36 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Nan3cy - 04-28-2014, 02:01 PM

Partial explanation of this phenomenon - by Mick - 04-28-2014, 04:51 PM

Re: From UCLA's own web site... - by CTcard - 04-29-2014, 04:28 AM

Re: From UCLA's own web site... - by terry - 04-29-2014, 08:15 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-29-2014, 09:20 AM

Two thoughts - by Mick - 04-29-2014, 09:24 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 04-29-2014, 09:55 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-29-2014, 01:39 PM

Re: Two thoughts - by CTcard - 04-29-2014, 02:49 PM

Re: Two thoughts - by Bruce Wang - 05-01-2014, 09:53 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 05-01-2014, 10:21 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by GoodGrief - 05-01-2014, 10:29 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 05-01-2014, 12:49 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Mick - 05-01-2014, 12:51 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by FarmBoy - 05-01-2014, 01:13 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by kuz - 05-01-2014, 07:42 PM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by TreeWeird - 05-01-2014, 08:12 PM

Seven things that are (statistically) less likely than getting into Stanford - by yvonne - 05-01-2014, 10:06 PM

According to the 2013-2014 profiles - by Mick - 05-02-2014, 07:20 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Bruce Wang - 04-13-2015, 07:27 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by Farm93 - 04-13-2015, 08:28 AM

Harvard beats us for a recruit - by Bruce Wang - 05-01-2015, 08:09 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by terry - 05-01-2015, 09:34 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by dabigv13 - 05-01-2014, 10:34 AM

Re: Yeah, but did he apply to Stanford? - by CornFed - 05-01-2014, 11:43 AM

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