They want to go Essay optional as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine works as an essay reader. She gets an hourly wage.

For what college? I do not believe it about competitive ones. I could be wrong but need proof.

DP, but here ya go:

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=a9176845a9a27fca&from=serp&prevUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3DAdmission%2BReader

That’s not even for an actual college, and there is no proof of what it is. So not sufficient evidence. Not even close.

You know what they call people who read college applications? Admissions officers.

Oh my word, you are so naive. Of course this isn’t an ad for a specific college. This company serves many colleges by employing readers to help with applications. The colleges all contract with companies like this. To think otherwise is just... silly.

[Anonymous]

Another job posting - this one contracts with UNC Chapel Hill.

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=12bbbc038995b9ba&from=serp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine works as an essay reader. She gets an hourly wage.

For what college? I do not believe it about competitive ones. I could be wrong but need proof.

DP, but here ya go:

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=a9176845a9a27fca&from=serp&prevUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3DAdmission%2BReader

That’s not even for an actual college, and there is no proof of what it is. So not sufficient evidence. Not even close.

You know what they call people who read college applications? Admissions officers.

Oh my word, you are so naive. Of course this isn’t an ad for a specific college. This company serves many colleges by employing readers to help with applications. The colleges all contract with companies like this. To think otherwise is just... silly.

The link is for this company: Apply Here First. This company basically helps students to refine their applications before they are submitted to universities. So, it's not an example of what you think it is. https://www.applyherefirst.com/

Seasonal admissions "readers" do exist, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine works as an essay reader. She gets an hourly wage.

For what college? I do not believe it about competitive ones. I could be wrong but need proof.

DP, but here ya go:

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=a9176845a9a27fca&from=serp&prevUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3DAdmission%2BReader

That’s not even for an actual college, and there is no proof of what it is. So not sufficient evidence. Not even close.

You know what they call people who read college applications? Admissions officers.

Oh my word, you are so naive. Of course this isn’t an ad for a specific college. This company serves many colleges by employing readers to help with applications. The colleges all contract with companies like this. To think otherwise is just... silly.

The link is for this company: Apply Here First. This company basically helps students to refine their applications before they are submitted to universities. So, it's not an example of what you think it is. https://www.applyherefirst.com/

Seasonal admissions "readers" do exist, however.

Yes, I know. The Chapel Hill posting was one. Here’s another from Georgia Tech:

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=05c32470be56619e&from=serp

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The people who read the applications are admissions officers. Whether new, old, full time, part time... whether listed on the website or not. I think the PP who asked for evidence was trying to say that, albeit badly. You essay is not being read by someone who doesn't matter in your admissions, and they don't just read the essay so they can say someone did.

Read one of the hundreds of books written by ex-admissions officers. Just one. Any one. It's all in there.

I'm in the PP. Yes, they don't read just essays, but people are hired seasonally to read entire applications. They are not considered "officers". They are temporary workers that use a rubric to take the first pass at applications that are ranked and sorted to help admissions officers spend time evaluating viable applicants.

In other words, admissions officers.

[Anonymous]

Maybe we can invest in an elementary and secondary educational system that properly teaches all students how to express themselves through writing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting rid of the essay allows the admissions officers to have to do less work, particularly now that app numbers are up so much. So much for the "holistic admissions process". It also lets them feel better about admitting students who don't write well or can't create an interesting narrative, when those students have other attributes that the school wants. That could be athletic skill, rich/powerful/famous parents, or demographics that they want to fulfill their checklist.
It's laziness.

Your bitterness makes you ignorant.

Admissions officers get to pick whoever they want whether there is an essay or not. Or what the test scores say. Or any other single item. And they always have. And there are no audits or anything like it to check anything other than CDS data.

Admissions officers answer to every constituency on campus if they don't admit a good class. They are not emperors of their own domain admitting based on personal preference. They are doing theirs jobs. Get over yourself.

Why so defensive mommy? The system is rigged. Everyone knows it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another job posting - this one contracts with UNC Chapel Hill.

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=12bbbc038995b9ba&from=serp

The key thing to focus on here is the "special skills" section:

"Must be trained in Navajo wind-talking and be able to determine if the voice of the student comes through in the essays".

Yep. You can't fool them!