What are the best soft factors? Forum

[contrapositive1]

Like volunteering, clubs, etc. What will stand out?

[stillwater]

Uh none of that TTT soft shit. Rhodes Scholarship would be a pretty good one. Olympic medal would be another pretty good one.

[potterpirate04]

I believe curing cancer is the most popular one on TLS.

[ph14]

Like volunteering, clubs, etc. What will stand out?

Stop making threads.

[RhymesLikeDimes]

Unless you have something amazing that 99% of applicants can't touch, nobody cares what clubs you join or what activities you spend your time on.

[Richie Tenenbaum]

Dude, just delete all your previous posts from the rape thread and maybe ask a mod if you can change your username. Making pointless posts and threads to try and bury your past posts is just a huge fail. (I assume that's what you're doing.)

[ManOfTheMinute]

Like volunteering, clubs, etc. What will stand out?

Not being a rapist.

[potterpirate04]

Like volunteering, clubs, etc. What will stand out?

Not being a rapist.

Just realized this is the same poster. In that case, TITCR.

[bk1]

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[WanderingPondering]

If you can't respond in an on-topic way, don't respond at all. Further failures to adhere to this policy will result in bans.

Likewise, OP is spamming the boards with nonsense to cover up his/her previous thread. Seems like that should be an issue, no?

And to answer the question: anything actually unique and interesting will make your application stand out in a good way (usually).

[Kabootar]

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[bk1]

Likewise, OP is spamming the boards with nonsense to cover up his/her previous thread. Seems like that should be an issue, no?

I wasn't kidding when I said it. Enjoy your time off.

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[Huey Freeman]

Be black/cure cancer/Olympic medal/military service/Rhodes Scholar/prestigious work experience, in that order. Anything below that threshold really doesn't matter (club presidents, minor volunteering, etc. are all things many people have).

[alwayssunnyinfl]

Be black/cure cancer/Olympic medal/military service/Rhodes Scholar/prestigious work experience, in that order. Anything below that threshold really doesn't matter (club presidents, minor volunteering, etc. are all things many people have).

[ManOfTheMinute]

Be black/cure cancer/Olympic medal/military service/Rhodes Scholar/prestigious work experience, in that order. Anything below that threshold really doesn't matter (club presidents, minor volunteering, etc. are all things many people have).

I mightttt put cancer above being african american...

[Ling520]

Be black/cure cancer/Olympic medal/military service/Rhodes Scholar/prestigious work experience, in that order. Anything below that threshold really doesn't matter (club presidents, minor volunteering, etc. are all things many people have).

It’s worth pointing out also that there is a lot of difference between the type and perceived quality of military service between applicants. An applicant who spent a few years as a supply guy in the national guard and an applicant who is a decorated green beret are going to be looked at differently. This is why some applicants with military experience out-perform their numbers by large margins while other applicants don’t.

You’re sort of right on URMs; it is certainly the strongest factor when it comes to getting into school with weak numbers. It’s not really a soft, however, because schools have a compelling and overarching interest in diversity (with respect to URMs). Schools don’t have the same compelling interest in Olympians and military veterans. In other words, schools need to admit URMs so they begin as the most attractive applicants whereas softs can only increase the attractiveness of a sometimes unattractive applicant.