It is always nice to be recognized and in this case to be recognized by the Atlantic, a magazine that was started by, among others, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and which published pieces by Mark Twain and other famed authors eons before it became one of the very few magazines to actually make a successful transition to the online world. In this case, however, the Atlantic (or more particularly the Atlantic Wire) a magazine which our Founder reads each month, twists his words ever so slightly. In a blog post yesterday, the Atlantic misuses a quote from Jeremy Shinewald, which originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal, claiming, “One admissions consultant says that savvy finance types will find a way around the bad odds.”
The truth of the matter is that Shinewald’s point was that many will mistakenly try to “beat the odds,” by presenting themselves as something they are not, rather than sticking with their actual story of who they are. Shinewald told the Wall Street Journal that such candidates will indeed look “ridiculous”:
“You’re going to see guys who worked on one private-equity deal with an auto manufacturer try to play up their auto experience and look ridiculous,” he says. “Candidates buy into stereotypes for their target schools and become things they think the school wants.”
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