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The '''2013 Admissions Essay Leak''' was the latest in a long line of [[prefrosh]] [[Facebook]] group follies. About 70 apple-cheeked admitted students uploaded their college application essays to a public Google Drive folder. [[Gawker]] and [[IvyGate]] published them. It was surely pretty obnoxious for the first-years to post them, but a whole other thing entirely for the media to share them. | The '''2013 Admissions Essay Leak''' was the latest in a long line of [[prefrosh]] [[Facebook]] group follies. About 70 apple-cheeked admitted students uploaded their college application essays to a public Google Drive folder. [[Gawker]] and [[IvyGate]] published them. It was surely pretty obnoxious for the first-years to post them, but a whole other thing entirely for the media to share them. | ||
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| + | In solidarity, [[Bwog]] and [[Columbia Lion]] decided to post excerpts of their own staffers' admissions essays.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2013/04/23/in-solidarity-bwogs-applications/ "In Solidarity: Bwog's Applications"] Bwog 4/23/13</ref><ref>[http://columbialion.com/blog/midnight-snack-our-admissions-essays-were-dumb-too/ "Midnight Snack: Our admissions essays were dumb too"] Columbia Lion 4/24/13</ref> | ||
Two days after, one of the most obnoxious kids wrote a post for xoJane<ref>http://www.xojane.com/issues/im-one-of-the-columbia-class-of-2017-mocked-on-the-internet-for-my-application-essay</ref>. An example sentence: "From my playwriting experience, I was comfortable using a script as a medium for my progression of thoughts on this topic." | Two days after, one of the most obnoxious kids wrote a post for xoJane<ref>http://www.xojane.com/issues/im-one-of-the-columbia-class-of-2017-mocked-on-the-internet-for-my-application-essay</ref>. An example sentence: "From my playwriting experience, I was comfortable using a script as a medium for my progression of thoughts on this topic." | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 26 April 2013
The 2013 Admissions Essay Leak was the latest in a long line of prefrosh Facebook group follies. About 70 apple-cheeked admitted students uploaded their college application essays to a public Google Drive folder. Gawker and IvyGate published them. It was surely pretty obnoxious for the first-years to post them, but a whole other thing entirely for the media to share them.
In solidarity, Bwog and Columbia Lion decided to post excerpts of their own staffers' admissions essays.[1][2]
Two days after, one of the most obnoxious kids wrote a post for xoJane[3]. An example sentence: "From my playwriting experience, I was comfortable using a script as a medium for my progression of thoughts on this topic."
