College Reject

College Reject April 4, 2013 Suzy Lee Weiss annoys us greatly. A few days ago, we wrote about Suzy Lee Weiss, a high school senior who had been rejected by a number of colleges. But we didnt write about Suzy, the college reject, because she had been denied admission by all of the Ivy League colleges to which she applied. We wrote about her because she wrote a bitter editorial in The Wall Street Journal about how unfair the highly selective college admissions process is. Were all about the freedom of expression and kudos to Suzy for getting an editorial piece in The Wall Street Journal. But Suzys editorial isnt particularly funny, its borderline racist and homophobic, and she comes across as a total brat. Shame on her. On The Today Show, that other morning network news program that nobody watches except for Matt Lauers relatives anymore because Robin, George, Josh, Lara, and Sam are having so much fun over on Good Morning America, Suzy spoke with Savannah Guthrie about why she wrote her piece. It seems that she wanted to speak for all of the high schoolers who have faced dashed dreams like her because they didnt get into the colleges of their dreams. She says that her piece is a satire like 30 Rock. Suzy, the difference between your piece and 30 Rock is that 30 Rock is funny. And not only that, your piece is grossly inaccurate. Playing three varsity sports wont help you get into college. Maybe in the early 90s when colleges sought out well-rounded students. Not anymore. Volunteering in Africa wont necessarily help you either. While youd probably be doing great work for humanity, it can even hurt you in college admissions because it tells admissions officers that youre rich enough to summer in Afric a. College admissions officers dont make tons of money. Get the idea? And starting a fake charity? That would be fraud. It could even lead to arrest! We could go on and on. Suzy, youre a very well spoken young adult. And youre getting quite a bit of publicity right now. But we promise you that in ten years, when you realize this editorial did not make you the voice of a generation like Lena Dunham, youre not going to want all of this publicity popping up on your Google results. You wont want the person interviewing you for a job to see it. You wont want the person you go on a date with to see it either. But we guess you have to live a little bit to learn. Good luck at Michigan. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy