Typical priority in "Holistic" Review

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you are a hooked student, most important criteria by far is weighted gpa/class rank, which school can calculate for itself. Then, test scores if submitted. Extracurriculars only really matter if there are none or are super unique. After that, things like geographic diversity, gender diversity, major, etc . . .

First Gen, pell eligible, athlete puts you on a separate track. Legacy is only a tiebreaker.

+1. The most important factor today is URM and first-generation status.

What do you mean by URM? There's no box to check yet plenty of minority John Smiths. If they abide by the ruling then that shouldn't be a factor. But I'll give you 'first-gen' as a factor.

for the 900th time chief justice Roberts said that an applicant can put race in the ESSAY! That's why schools were racing around this summer to modify their prompts.

+1 Some people don’t pay attention.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you are a hooked student, most important criteria by far is weighted gpa/class rank, which school can calculate for itself. Then, test scores if submitted. Extracurriculars only really matter if there are none or are super unique. After that, things like geographic diversity, gender diversity, major, etc . . .

First Gen, pell eligible, athlete puts you on a separate track. Legacy is only a tiebreaker.

+1. The most important factor today is URM and first-generation status.

What do you mean by URM? There's no box to check yet plenty of minority John Smiths. If they abide by the ruling then that shouldn't be a factor. But I'll give you 'first-gen' as a factor.

Almost 100% of the online tours my kid has attended ask for race.

They are assessing how their recruiting efforts are doing in terms of generating interest in diverse populations. That's one of their strategies--to make sure they have a racially diverse pool of potentially interested students. I think this is an essential thing to do and has zero drawbacks--unlike race-based admissions practices which are more controversial (and now not allowed).

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Has anyone noticed anything different in this year’s fall recruitment strategies? I am noticing a higher caliber of colleges visit our high school. I assume it’s part of their effort to increase multi cultural students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Major/demographics
Academic (rigor, grades, GPA)
Recommendations
Writing
Extracurriculars

No idea where to put testing anymore.

How important is major?

[Anonymous]

Is being multi-racial (not specifying) advantageous?

In looking at CDS they have a box for multiracial..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is being multi-racial (not specifying) advantageous?

In looking at CDS they have a box for multiracial..

I want to know this too.
My counselor said yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Major/demographics
Academic (rigor, grades, GPA)
Recommendations
Writing
Extracurriculars

No idea where to put testing anymore.

How important is major?

It depends. UIUC is clear about having a different process for computer science majors than for French majors. They only have so many slots for CS. A school like Cornell has different colleges/schools that you apply to, so the admissions processes (core requirements, test scores, essays) are different for each one.

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Anonymous wrote:You people are obsessed. Truly obsessed.

No two colleges use the same formula. To get the best idea of what a particular college does, you look at its common data set. You do that instead of asking weirdos on this website who know nothing to make shit up.

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Schools spend about 5 minutes per app, there is not some incredibly complex review taking place.

Only true for "low quality" apps which are near automatic rejections (this could be as high as 80 percent of the apps at the very top schools). For actual admits you can bet they spend way more than that.

Once the candidate has made it through the first hoop of academics, the AO or pair of AOs spends about 10 minutes reading and making notes.