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17 points by MIT_Hacker 12 years ago · 4 comments

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jebus989 12 years ago

Advice is fine and it's interesting to hear about one person's success, but you're overstating your opinions. Things like "I cannot over emphasize the importance of this question", if written by someone reviewing applications, would be really valuable insight. But from an applicant (n=1), even a successful one, seems quite baseless.

  • MIT_HackerOP 12 years ago

    I mean I stated that at the top... I've read a decent number of the successful apps. I'm not going to write an essay where I don't give my strong opinions. I can only write from my viewpoint...

  • jmarbach 12 years ago

    Past and current Thiel Fellows are highly involved in selecting the future classes, including the preliminary application reviews.

    • jebus989 12 years ago

      Thanks, I didn't know that. Though presumably a 2013 fellow hasn't yet had that opportunity, given the 2014 window is still open.

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