Aldo
Dec 29, 2012
Undergraduate / I find myself surrounded by "model students"; Common App [12]
If I have anything to say about it...I think you're going to shoot yourself in the foot if you send this in.
Your description of the "model students" seems more like a diatribe against the people who have better grades than you over anything else. You generalize them to be GPA "slaves" who "join every club they can just to get it on their record" and who "study day and night to earn perfect scores on standardized tests." That seems a little ignorant to say, don't you think? And plus it does not tell me at all that you're going to be a good fit in a community like MIT where the majority of the students there are the "model students" you just antagonistically described.
Remember: grades aren't everything. Admissions officers know that. They have enough sense not to admit students based solely on their GPA or SAT scores.
Everything after that is awesome, though, and I'm sure you can make one heck of an essay out of it if you haven't already.
If I have anything to say about it...I think you're going to shoot yourself in the foot if you send this in.
Your description of the "model students" seems more like a diatribe against the people who have better grades than you over anything else. You generalize them to be GPA "slaves" who "join every club they can just to get it on their record" and who "study day and night to earn perfect scores on standardized tests." That seems a little ignorant to say, don't you think? And plus it does not tell me at all that you're going to be a good fit in a community like MIT where the majority of the students there are the "model students" you just antagonistically described.
Remember: grades aren't everything. Admissions officers know that. They have enough sense not to admit students based solely on their GPA or SAT scores.
Everything after that is awesome, though, and I'm sure you can make one heck of an essay out of it if you haven't already.