Comments on: Getting In http://neuralgraffiti.com/archives/2005/10/11/getting-in/ phil haack: putting the hyper in hyperlink Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:28:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Phil Haack http://neuralgraffiti.com/archives/2005/10/11/getting-in/#comment-1429 Phil Haack Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:24:41 +0000 http://neuralgraffiti.com/archives/2005/10/11/getting-in/#comment-1429 Heh, as I read it, I was thinking something along the lines of: "Is this why I got in to Stanford?" I'd be curious as to whether Stanford does it differently than the Ivies. I know they don't give "legacies" nearly as much cred as Harvard seems to. And I have to admit, I have more than once done said I went to school "in the Bay Area". Heh, as I read it, I was thinking something along the lines of: “Is this why I got in to Stanford?” I’d be curious as to whether Stanford does it differently than the Ivies. I know they don’t give “legacies” nearly as much cred as Harvard seems to.

And I have to admit, I have more than once done said I went to school “in the Bay Area”.

]]> By: jeff http://neuralgraffiti.com/archives/2005/10/11/getting-in/#comment-1428 jeff Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:16:40 +0000 http://neuralgraffiti.com/archives/2005/10/11/getting-in/#comment-1428 Favorite quote: <blockquote>... there wasn’t a sense that anything great was at stake in the choice of which college we attended. The issue was whether we attended college, and—most important—how seriously we took the experience once we got there. I thought everyone felt this way. You can imagine my confusion, then, when I first met someone who had gone to Harvard.</blockquote> Knowing people who went to "school in Boston" makes this even more amusing. But seriously, it is good to know that the current admissions policies at the Ivy Leagues was influenced by the threat of my ancestors' success. Favorite quote:

… there wasn’t a sense that anything great was at stake in the choice of which college we attended. The issue was whether we attended college, and—most important—how seriously we took the experience once we got there. I thought everyone felt this way. You can imagine my confusion, then, when I first met someone who had gone to Harvard.

Knowing people who went to “school in Boston” makes this even more amusing.

But seriously, it is good to know that the current admissions policies at the Ivy Leagues was influenced by the threat of my ancestors’ success.

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