Posted on 07/11/2008 2:53:56 PM PDT by Williams
This is an excerpt from a Kaplan College Test Prep email I just received. Note they advise prospective college students the colleges don't care what candidate you supported, but apparently that is limited to democrats:
"Colleges typically offer students several topics on which to write, with themes that provide focus and encourage introspection. Current events are common essay prompts each year—the 2000 presidential election and controversial Florida recount, terrorism and the aftermath of 9/11, and corporate accounting practices with the meltdown of Enron have all been seen in the past. The current presidential election, the war in the Middle East, and living green will almost certainly be choices in the upcoming years.
But if you're writing about a current event, make sure you take a personal approach. Admissions officers don't care who you think was the best candidate, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Instead, they want to read why you think the way you do—why it mattered to you, how it affected you, and why they should care about your opinion."
To get into college, its probably not a bad idea. I was a conservative political columnist in my college paper, and Chairman of the CR’s — and I was routinely chastised by professors for whom my reputation preceded me.
Most thought I was a fascist, some simply targeted me for debate in class (even if I didn’t offer my opinion), others wrote letters to the editor of the paper to get me fired. I was protested TWICE — once by a wacko feminist group (led by a professor), the other by the College Socialists, whom I had mocked in a column (also led by a professor).
Declaring your conservatism in your application essay is probably not a good way to get accepted.
H
lol...right. I suspect answering "Duncan Hunter" or "Tom Tancredo" and then explaining precisely why would raise more than a few eyebrows in the admissions office.
I found an 800 number (800)849-4995 at the Kaplan College website to call a representative.
I’m thinking about calling them and telling them I’m very interested in going to their school, but I’m wondering if they would accept me since I’m a conservative.
No, this is Kaplan Test Prep that helps prepare for the SAT Test and College Admissions, not Kaplan College.
However... in the future, should the student wish
to run for office as a conservative, the “sweetened”
essay might come back to bite him.
To thine own self be true.
I wish I still had it so I could scan it and post it.
Oh I got a low grade on a history paper because I dared to review a book that said occupation of the South during Reconstruction following the Civil War was counterproductive. This was a professor who bought into every revisionist theory, including that FDR was a conservative and Abraham Lincoln was a racist.
>> To thine own self be true.
True enough. My point wasn’t that you should come off as a Marxist in your essay. Personally, as a conservative, I’d avoid politics entirely — and I certainly wouldn’t endorse a candidate. If you must go political — stay politically correct, and as non-controversial (to a leftist) as possible.
Endorse such stalwart issues as “good education”, “quality healthcare”, “diversity”, “equal rights”, etc. Stick with buzzwords, catch phrases, and non-controversial topics.
For instance, writing an essay railing against gay marriage, illegal immigration, affirmative action, feminism, or advocating torturing terror suspects is probably a bad idea. I also wouldn’t outright endorse a conservative philosophy in an admissions essay ... for instance, don’t quote Reagan, Buckley or Limbaugh.
Just my thoughts. If you don’t get into college, you’re not getting elected to office.
H
Tell them you don’t want to go to their commie school anyway.
ML/NJ
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