Consequently, Weiss appeared on "The Today Show" yesterday to clarify that her letter was supposed to read as satire. That's what I was trying to do. Even though the senior claims her piece was meant to be taken humorously, her explanation still doesn't sit well with other students and critics.
You might as well learn that lesson now or college -- wherever you choose to go -- will be a rude awakening. While Weiss's letter attempts to lightheartedly address the competitive nature of the college admissions process for high school students, some argue it contains hints of underlying racist and offensive comments in the op-ed, like, "Sen.
Despite the backlash, Weiss says she is a champion for diversity and that the letter is strictly humor. I think all colleges should have a holistic approach to every college applicant," Weiss said on "The Today Show. Would you publicly write a letter to the colleges that rejected you?
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Her method of communication? This year, the harsh truth is, you were lucky to get into one college. The highly competitive applicant class of truly came to bat. Unfortunately, most of us struck out. Am I bitter? Truthfully, I was. But, as I reflected on the entire college search and application process I realized that there was no point in lamenting something I could not change. So I rolled up my sleeves and went to work with my options.
Suzy Lee? Not so much. Look at her. Yet she speaks the truth—this competitively subjective game that is college admission is both ridiculous and nonsensical. It should be noted that Weiss faced an inordinate amount of criticism for publishing her opinion. Many people found her to be insensitive to minorities and overly entitled. Truthfully, the college admissions process has become such a crapshoot that there is no accurate way to get results.
We have reached a point where standardized test scores are not an application booster; rather, they are now a criteria for college admission. As these statistics show, the time when high test scores and a solid GPA got you into school is gone, simply because everyone has the scores and everyone has the grades.
Admission, now, is about separating yourself from that highly selective field—a task much easier said than done, just ask Suzy. She had the scores SAT and she had the grades 4. Senate was not enough to push her through the blockade. Yet you can bet that her admissions liaisons at these schools now took a second look at the day that they closed the door on Suzy Lee Weiss. Ryan Zukerman is a managing editor for the HiLite.
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When she was rejected, she was not happy. That means that fewer than 6 out of every hundred applicants got in. Yet of the 33, students that Harvard rejected this year, only Suzy Lee Weiss felt the need to air her rejection in front of a national audience.
But Ms. In fact, there are so many Asian-American students with amazing grades and test scores applying to schools like Harvard that they must score 50 to points or more higher than a white student with the same qualifications in order to earn admission. So if Ms.
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