Back in the day (way back in the day), when I was a hs juniior, my dad's best friend offered to get me into brown. He was on their alumni committee, was very wealthy, contributed a lot of money and had no kids.I had good grades and SATs, who knows if he really could of done it (he insisted he could), but it didn't feel right to me. These many years later, with a better understanding of hooks and legacies, it doesn't feel quite so wrong to me.
fast forward to last night, I was talking to a friend, he said he could get a recommendation from a well-known alumni for my daughter. The alumni doesn't know my daughter, I suppose the alumni could meet with my d and then create a recommendation. My daughter's standardized test scores are at William's 75% percentile and she has a 4.0 unweighted gpa.
My reaction is similar to the offer of admittance to Brown, doesn't feel quite right. My wife thinks I'm being naive and this is the way of the world.
thoughts?
↧