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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
In my experience reading hundreds of these over the years as a faculty member, what we were usually looking for was something very personal. The applicant's personal story. Taking care of a sick relative. Climbing Mt. Everest. Riding a bicycle across Nepal. Volunteering at the puppy dog shelter. Anything personal to you that tells your true story and what matters to you, personally. And it has to be legit. Meaning, it has to be you. That's what we were looking for. It has nothing to do with grades.
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So my high GPA is not an important component to judge a student on? So I basically have to come up with a sob story or a story of great adventure? That is a bs way of assessing applications. Might as well have a 2.76 GPA but talk about how I survived cancer or some other disease.