Got it. We've been warned. You may safely assume no one reading this thread will use it as their sole source or main source of admissions information. Now please don't drag this further off topic. |
What trollish posts? One of my dearest friends is an admissions officer. She barely has time to eat lunch and go to the bathroom this time of years, much less post massive tomes on DCUM. Op is quite knowledgable, with out a doubt, but all of this info is readily available on the internet--with the exception of new SAT scores being considerably lower than the old SAT--most sources are indicating the exact opposite. It is amazing that people are so willing to take an anonymous poster at his/her word. OP never said s/he has actual input on any admissions. Common sense dictates that things are not adding up no matter how "knowledgeable" op may be. Seriously, any parent who has done his/her homework knows all of this already. |
Your counterarguments are really the only thing "dragging" this out. |
Not OP, but this is absolutely not true. Elite colleges, even Ivies, will recruit athletes and give them a pass on grades or SATs (to a degree). However, you have to be a very high level athlete - think Olympic level or you can lead your team to a national title. |
It was very helpful and it obviously took a lot of time. Thanks for posting this. |
Thanks for the info, don't listen to the haters.
My daughter is a senior waiting on acceptances, I found this information helpful. I started a thread on college confidential - Old SAT scores compared to redesigned SAT scores. I am interested in more information on old and new SAT scores. We are just a few week away from most decisions, when are they going to come up with a concordance that is useful for the admissions office, seems like time is ticking. With admissions being so competitive, it can make a big difference. |
If OP "is quite knowledgable, with out a doubt" and "has some good info," who cares what his or her job title is? As someone who has not spent months researching the college admissions process, I find this information helpful. |
I will ask again, what isn't adding up? What has she said specifically that you disagree with? Otherwise I think it's you whose post aren't adding up. |
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I am particularly surprised to hear that applying ED does not come with any advantage. The schools we visited certainly made it sound otherwise. Our presentor at Wesleyan definitely implied that it does but maybe she was just trying to scare folks into applying early. I also seem to recall our college counselor telling us to apply ED to your furthest reach school. |
This question is dumb |
This school sounds like UChicago to me.
Clues: 1. On-campus interviews 2. 80% rejection of ACT 35+ applicants 3. Median of 750 per section on old SAT—the only schools at that level, AFAIK, are HYPSM, UChicago, and CalTech. |
Chicago cares (desperately) about yield and superb essays won't be as rare there as the OP suggests (because many applicants know how much they matter and because the topics are so much better than other schools.'). I also suspect athletics is less of an issue. Sounds more like Hopkins to me. |
Although I guess you could argue that it's only someplace like Chicago (where athletics matter less) that the academic standards for athletes would be that high.
UofC says interviews don't matter. Message here is they're more likely to hurt than to help. |
All OP said was that they don't use yield protection, aka Tufts Syndrome of deliberately not admitting super-qualified candidates that are likely to choose a higher school. An admissions office can claim not to engage in yield protection, while at the same time ensuring high yield through aggressive marketing to drum up applications, and Chicago is the poster child for that.
As for essays, the quirky Chicago essay prompts probably are not conducive to the best writing. I took OP's comment on essay quality to be a more general remark on how poor essay quality actually is (probably everywhere). I myself often wondered why so many kids at CC think their essays are 9/10 or higher. |