The ominous title to an article in a magazine referred to as, The Each day Beast, is “Soiled Secrets and techniques of College Admissions.” A number of admissions officers had been requested about what it is actually like in a college admissions workplace sat tips.
“Something goes” is in. Objectivity and transparency are out. No less than at numerous faculties.
Some excerpts from the article:
“All in all, we’re much less selective than a number of the elite faculties or the Ivy League. However there are nonetheless some components out of an applicant’s arms. One night time, I bought meals poisoning at a restaurant in Buffalo. The subsequent day, I rejected all of the Buffalo functions. I could not abdomen studying them.”
This was the ugliest remark of all. This man could possibly be up for an Oscar for Finger Nails Throughout My Chalkboard. It is nothing greater than a blatant abuse of power. We’re speaking about these faculties who’ve a license to do something they need.
Former admissions officer of unique small liberal arts college within the Northeast, age 25
“One 12 months I had a pupil with a near-perfect SAT rating and straight A’s. I might initially put him within the submitted pile, however then we needed to scale back the checklist. I reread his essays and albeit, they had been just a bit extra boring than the opposite kids. So I minimize him. Boring was the one justification that I wanted and he was out.”
Present admissions officer, Ivy League college
“Some 70 % of kids who apply are certified to return to high school right here, and we’ve got area for one in ten. We might be as picky as we like. It nearly at all times comes down as to whether or not you are a likeable particular person. Let’s face it, some individuals are simply extra affable or extra likeable than others. An admissions officer is absolutely asking himself, ‘Would I like to hang around with this man or gal for the subsequent 4 years?’ So in the event you come off as simply one other Asian math genius with no character, then it will be powerful for you. An admissions officer isn’t going to push very laborious for you.”
Did you word the stereotyping, the ethnic bias?…
Faculties are a business with the angle of conceitedness that’s unconscionable; their “eliteness” stinks, rots, putrefies, and justifies our ignoring them.
Their potential to discriminate based mostly solely on race is in opposition to the legislation, however is anybody calling them on it?
When your pupil is rejected wherever, you may be asking some disturbing questions, and the solutions could disturb you…if you may get an admission officer to confess to why. What you may get is one thing like, “Your pupil did not meet our requirements” (when you already know your daughter’s GPA and SAT scores exceeded their requirements).
“Something goes,” or “It is all up for grabs” within the case of those faculties are euphemisms for “Ugly.”
One resolution – amongst lots of my methods – is to use to a minimal of 10 faculties. Considered one of my movies in my DVD tells you why and the way.