College recommendation from a well-known person.?

I'll be applying to a certain college. One of my relatives happens to be acquainted with a fairly well-known individual who is a graduate of said college. I was offered an interview by this person, though this person does not usually do interviews. Though I know that this person would not recommend me unless this person felt that I was qualified in every respect, I nevertheless feel as though I'm being unfairly advantaged. What should I do? I can't simply decline the offer, but at the same time, I want to feel as though I was accepted by this college on the basis of merit. Would writing a letter to this college encouraging it not to put more credence in this well-known individual than it would do for any other interviewer be my best option, or would this be tacky? Should I trust the college to do this on its own?





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College recommendation from a well-known person.?
whew! Talk about control. Why not stop worrying about the whole thing. Obviously, powers and minds greater than yours have set well oiled wheels in motion that will decide all without your input.


If you are worried about fairness, don't.


Life has many little tricks to play on you as you move along the conveyor belt. Many of them are going to be unfair and some will cost money, self-esteem and before you know it, its


time to retire!


The one thing I wish I would have changed is to give up trying to control everything. It won't make you any friends to be in control all the time and it is at best a very tiring process that convolutes the thinking, confounds the bowels, and has an ill effect on the humours.


You are a well lettered and educated person, and I bet you never got anything based on other than merit. Settle back,


relax, enjoy the ride. Life is your oyster right now. Concentrate on that since you have pinned down the rest of it.


Good luck and may every professor have enough insight to bless you with A's
Reply:Depending on the school, the form of the letter might be different, but usually there is a line "How long and how well do you know the applicant?" He'll have to honestly say :45 minutes. So you wouldn't be "unfairly advanaged".





It really counts if the person knows you well, and it doesn't count so much if he barely knows you. Your school teacher's letter might have more weight on this than this famous person's letter.





Another thing that you have to write well is your Personal Statement (or whatever they call it) and show yourself as ambitious but not arrogant, curious but not annoying, sociable but not a trouble maker.
Reply:would this be tacky yes,, get in college your grade matter
Reply:Unless you are going to Harvard, Yale, or someplace like Rensselaer, a recommendation from an alumni probably wouldn't mean anything. Your recommendation would actually carry more weight if you got a really good one from an ordinary teacher that knew you very well. What you are probably going to get here is a pre-drafted form letter with your name filled in.





Though on second thought, if you mean this "well-known individual" is one of those guys that has donated 10 million dollars to get his name put on a building, sounds like a good idea to me!!!!!
Reply:Take the opportunity. There will be plenty of chances for you to prove yourself thru hard work. I don't know what you want to study, but a good part of success in any field is networking. Who you know, including your family, can be the difference between getting the job next week or getting it next year. They will still make you work your butt off once you're accepted.