A rant on the UCSD Pepband Mailing List.

[fineline179]

I would like it if these elite universities would not admit all these students from these weak high schools in the name of 'upgrading the deserving of America'. Some may improve but it is a bargain. I would prefer that these weak high schools become less weak, or else that when parents raise a child of potential, they remove the emphasis from '

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[aviaticsquad]

Absolutely agreed. Some of the dullest, most uninspiring people I know have/had amazing GPAs and resumes. The right internships, the right blah blahs, absolutely spoon-fed, whatever. Knowing them, talking to them, absolutely bored. I wouldn't hire them, if it were my business or project. There's no innovation in them.

So, to you I say yes and yes.