college admissions trends and predictions
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Anonymous
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Have a rising sophomore and 2 college-aged kids (Ivy/T10). Back here to start thinking about the process and see what's changed.
Curious if we think that in 3 years, A LOT will be different? Will holistic admissions be gone? It seems that having a memorable story/essays, strong through line from ECs to transcript to LORs was valued/dispositive of outcomes in the past, but in a few years (with AI), won't all of this be moot? AI has changed so much in 12 months, I can't imagine what it will be like in 36 months. Looking for advice. I can't tell if this is the time to actually get a counselor (we didn't for the first two, but had some essay review at the last minute). With the changing landscape, everything seems up for grabs. What do others think? In 2-3 years, what will the process look like? |
Anonymous
| I don’t think AI has any effect on admissions at the moment other than to screen out based on grades. |
Anonymous
| Your child has a parent who's gone through the process of getting two children into highly selective universities. They are better positioned than 99.9 percent of high school students. I think it would be silly to hire a counselor unless there's a very specific question or problem, such as a learning disability. |
Anonymous
| I don’t know, parent seems a bit nutty with fixation on AI. |
Anonymous
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Our experience this year confirms that a high SAT test score definitely helps for top schools.
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Anonymous
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OP - here.
I am not fixated on AI, but wondering how the changes (and there have been many) will impact admissions filtering. Don't we think holistic admissions will become more metrics-based? And involve searching for code words/themes using AI tools? How are we supposed to know which themes or code words a selective uni is searching for, though? Wouldn't a good counselor know? |
Anonymous
They are searching for kids who used AI to write their applications, and rejecting them. |
Anonymous
They are rejecting them bc the writing sucked. That's not an admission trend. |
Anonymous
| Wondering if colleges should rethink essay strategy. |
Anonymous
Duke already has. |
Anonymous
How high is high enough to tip the scale for top schools? |
Anonymous
High stats help but they were not enough. I still knew test optional kids who got into Duke, Michigan, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Columbia, and Princeton. |
Anonymous
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Schools will be increasingly desperate for full pay students - especially those private schools that have $90k+ tuitions.
I say don’t sweat it. |
Anonymous
Princeton is test required starting next cycle. |
Anonymous
Biggest myth on DCUM unless looking at schools beyond the T100. |