Some people will try anything

[debgeisler]

Years ago, a "letter" purporting to be from a student applying to a high-end college (variously Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and so on) was circulating and making us all giggle. It noted that, among other special activities, the prospective student engaged in "full-contact origami."

Today's college hopeful is going even further overboard...and the Boston Globe online has pictures of some of the more creative gimmics.

Oh -- and the Globe also reports admission office reactions: Gimmicks don't help you get into college.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

With no. 4, the paper loaf of bread, I could imagine this exchange:

Student: "Ce n'est pas un pain."

Administrator: "Yes, it is."

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Back in my day, one student baked a cake for the Admissions Office. The reply letter said "The cake was delicious, but you're still not admitted." The applicant wasn't smart enough to reply "I'm sorry, in that case I can't provide the antidote."

[yamazakikun.livejournal.com]

At least those ones aren't channeling Aleksey Vayner (http://www.veoh.com/videos/e1336748NgyMqyG?s=swf&p1=133674).

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

*snort* That was...troubling.