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From another student,
Northwestern received a fine
arts magazine with the stu-
dent's notation that the pho-
tograph on the cover was of
his foot. Another creative ad-
dition was a bridge construct-
ed entirely of toothpicks.
Other unusual submissions
include:
• A nude self-portrait re-
ceived by Emerson College in
Boston.
• Aerial photographs of the
University of Notre Dame
campus that the applicant
had taken from a helicopter.
• A board game spin-off
Monopoly — "Franchise" —
with the object of buying as
many franchises as possible,
sent to Brandeis University.
• A cartoon character re-
questing admission to the
University of Connecticut.
• A bar of homemade soap
received by Appalachian
State University in North
Carolina.
• A "scrapbook of life" from
triplets received by Duke Uni-
versity.
• A shadow box that was a
miniature of a student's bed-
room with all the objects that
were meaningful to her was
sent to the University of
Vermont.
• A printed T-shirt with a
list of names who supported
the appliant's desire to attend
the University of Michigan.
The College of William and
Mary once admitted a New
Jersey student and budding
entrepreneur who had in-
vented and sold chocolate
"pizzas" that grossed
$10,000. This sweet success
story involved selling the
creations for $15 apiece. Red
cherries represented pepper-
oni, and the "cheese" was
white chocolate.
Two years ago, the Univer-
sity of Virginia had a heart-
warming February 14th. The
admissions committee re-
ceived a 2-by-6-foot handmade
Valentine's Day card. On one
side of the pink posterboard
was a red heart with the in-
scription, "Now, please send
for the rest of me."
Notre Dame had a feast of
tantalizing applications, in-
cluding fresh fudge and a
cheesecake. Of another appli-
cant, associate director of ad-
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tion. "You worry about their
judgment and try to figure
out if it has any relationship
to their application. If it's just
adolescent narcissism or
tryng to be an exhibitionist,
you worry."
Northwestern University
received a photograph of the
applicant's movie-star father
emerging from the bathroom
— wrapped in a towel!
Coolidge
laude from Lenoir-Rhyne,"
Thompson said. "His 'ac-
complishments' were listed so
that I could see his career in-
terests, hobbies and goals?'
The student was accepted.
"lb show him that we ap-
preciated his creativiy,"
Thompson said, "I rewrote
the obituary and included the
`Facts' that a building was
named for him because of his
financial contributions to
Lenoir-Rhyne."
With this competitiveness
comes a concern that college
admissions is becoming more
of a game and less of an
education, according to
Boston's Kelly. "Kids are com-
ing in over-packaged. What
about the kids who are less
advantaged and can't afford
to have someone buff and
polish their essay?"
Also, Kelly says these gim-
micks "feed into a mania that
has become getting kids into
the most prestigious colleges.
This has taken the place of
getting students into a place
where they'll get a good
education and be happy!'
Most admissions commit-
tees say unique additions to
applications will not auto-
matically lead to that stu-
dent's acceptance. But many
admit that they make the ap-
plicant stand out in a crowd
of students represented only
by transcripts and test scores.
This is not a view universal-
ly shared.
"It is usually — 99 percent
of the time — the borderline
or the weaker academic stu-
dent who submits all kinds of
enclosures," said George J.
Machinchick, registrar and
former director of admissions
at King's College in Penn-
sylvania. "Lots of icing, not
much cake; lots of gravy, not
much meat; lots of frills, not
much substance."
Kelly noted that while it's
hard not to notice something
"dopey, it creates an impres-
sion that the wilder things
you do, the more extreme the
approach, the more colleges
are going to notice and act
favorably on it." Kelly, who
makes no secret of his dis-
taste for gimmicks, said ad-
missions offices are inun-
dated with fluff.
"It is up to us to separate
the really good stuff from the
fluff," he said, recalling an ex-
ample of an applicant who
sent a canvas sneaker decor-
ated with felt tip pens and no
accompanying explanation
for the shoe.
"Sometimes students find
cute what admissions find in
bad taste," warned Brandeis'
Segal, who advised discretion.
Likewise, Harvard and Rad-
cliffe's Lewis relayed concern
about students who resort to
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