[quote=SK in CV][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=outtamojo]Coworkers says she was watching fox news and they said some kid got accepted to Stanford just for writing BLM on essay. She totally believed it, she being college educated also.[/quote]
I think you’re promoting fake news there scaredy. The article is pretty clear, the kid did not get accepted to Stanford “just for writing BLM on [an] essay”. His ‘writing BLM” may have had nothing to do with his acceptance, and it wasn’t an essay.
A more appropriate claim would be that Fox News may have taken a tiny piece of the story and turned into a central part, in order to enrage their viewers. Which is exactly what Fox News has been doing for decades, leading to postings on RE blogs claiming “Right-Wing Media are Destroying Our Country”.[/quote]
wait. it was his college app essay.
its kind of a lame essay.
i looked at the foxnews article. seems similar to nbc. doesnt claim this is why he was admitted just describes essay and his surprise it worked.
doesnt claim he was otherwise unqualified. just that this was his essay
maybe essays dont matter. or maybe it was good and i just missed it.
conceptual art?
i just find the essay not persuasive or moving. but, reasonable minds can differ. also not sure it is technically an essay.
stanford app calls for an essay. pretty specific about what they want.
essays are loosely defined historically but im not persuaded this qualifies as an essay.
i suppose even a blank sheet could be an essay… a statement on minimalism in a consumerist society.
still, i like to see some more style in writing.
maybe the whole event in not newsworthy. just designed to stir up racial animus?
i think id disagree with that. i think its an interesting story. foxnews readers might be more inclined to infer he wasnt qualified but theres no info on that. clearly the kids smart. he knew his audience and persuaded them.
perhsps interestingly, the kids a rich bangladeshi muslim and grew up in the rather upperclass enclave of princeton nj. attends princeton day school [tuition is 33,430/yr for hs there!]. his website…
i listened to macolm gladwells higher ed podcasts on college admissions unsuvcessful attempts to recruit smart underprivileged kids… dudes brilliant, engaging and makes unexpected connections and intellectual leaps. much deeper than ziad the activist. altho not fair, ziads just a kid
