by PsyGuy » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:20 pm
@Thames Pirate
Who do you think gets invited to audition? Besides its nonsense, the audition process is akin to tryouts for athletic teams. Sure you can be a walk on, but no, drama and music programs actively recruit students.
No you cant, not practically. Whos going to see you play, who are you going to compete against, whats the level of competition your competing at? Answers: No one, intra-schools (or no one), and nothing. Intra school competitions, are called "friendlies" or exhibition games, and no one cares about them.
Once again you have one, single example, a dog has also flown in space, and your singular example isnt even artifact compared to the number of secondary school students who are recruited for Uni/College athletic teams.
No they dont, well a few top Unis do, but outside a few exceptions no, recruiting is done by coaches who visit players and they figure out who to visit by watching them play and looking at competition statistics.
Its not the same but its equivalent, at least in the eyes of admissions officers. It depends what one does with the GAP year and what one does with the IE experience. if all they do is go to IS, eat lunch, then do some ASP and then go home and play video games or post photos on FB then no IE is pretty much the same. Living OS doesnt mean very much if you dont make very much out of it. If you did a GAP year and just drank your wy through the EU, yeah not much of an experience, if you saved sea turtles or something noteworthy and esoteric then the GAP year has more benefit, than anything youd do as a student in IE.
Admissions are not about the essays, not anymore, they were 5 years ago maybe longer. Everyone has them professionally done now. The big factor now is the interview.
Your list of admissions have incorrect priorities:
1) Academics: I suppose this one we agree on.
2) Tests: Unis (US ones) are not moving away from standardized tests. They just say they do. They also play a critical role in UK admissions, such to the point that your A* results are essentially everything.
3) Letters of Rec: No one cares that the counselor wrote someone a letter. A prominent individual or alumni rec is more valuable.
4) ASPs: They only care if you did something competitive. Everyone does ASPs, and admissions officers know that students biggest ASP is managing social media.
5) Essays: Again, not a big factor, most students have them professionally done, and so many of them are filled with embellishments.
6) Interviews: Alumni interviews are still done with some big Unis but mostly its interviews with admissions officers either F2F or virtual. This is the most significant factor.
We disagree. The picture isnt improved by being abroad unless you did something with that experience, no more than a GAP year.
You never have factual corrections. You just state your Thames Pirate and you say your right.