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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes of course, it signals full pay.[/quote]

Why would it need to "signal" anything?

Need aware schools get all the finance info and the small number of need blind/meet full need schools don't consider.[/quote]

Yes but full pay is more complicated than that. [b]They[/b] are looking for other signals.
Schools are looking for potential donors/ speakers/ networkers or ppl who will employ graduates. We are seeing how hard it is for grads to get jobs…

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Who is "they"?

This is all conspiracy theory with no evidence and you do a disservice by posting it.

[quote]Our college counselor said it was important for both parents to have updated LinkedIn with clear senior leadership/executive titles conveyed in job titles in common app.[/quote]

Your private college counselor or the one at your HS?

[quote]The signaling is very important for AO (many of who do look at LinkedIn after 1st pass). The $$$ privilege may not hurt at all at certain private colleges and can actually help.[/quote]

Again, please present some links to support this claim at a need blind college.  I do not recall of one instance of a former adcom book or blog that supports that claim.[/quote]

Get off this site and talk to former AO and private college consultants.

At some selective T20 private colleges, yes $$$ helps a lot and there are lots of ways to signal $$$.

Everything is not a conspiracy; but if you are in this process now, talk to professionals IRL and not just on here.

Ask these kinds of detailed questions (if it’s part of your kid’s candidacy).

We did and learned a lot - primarily bc coming from private HS, kid engaged in a privileged sport, lots of indicators of wealth that we were worried about. Positioning & signaling are real strategies.

Here’s one small example: in parent profession - let’s say you are the CEO and founder (or other senior officer) of a company thats not a household name that’s been bought by a top tier private equity firm (let’s say Blackstone or KKR to make it easy). When you list your company’s name in the common app after your title, you also say “a KKR portfolio company”….

There’s many more opps in an application to do this type of signaling.

Other examples: ECs and how you list them. At certain schools ECs that indicate wealth are not a turnoff and may be advantageous depending on your profile. At other schools they may be, so you’d have to consider tone, revise EC order, etc.

Each part of application can be reviewed for positioning.

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I must repeat:  Please present some evidence to support this claim at a need blind college.

I know plenty about this process and despite your demand I “get off this site” (wtf dude) I know you can not provide any hard evidence for it.

**SOME** Private college consultants will tell you anything to make you think they know secrets.  They don’t, because there are no secrets.

Need blind colleges are need blind for admission.  End period.  Please do not misinform people who might make bad choices in applying on the hope it will help their DC’s admission.[/quote]

Not PP, but the allegations and rush to settle the 568 class action has shown clear donor preferences at need blind schools [/quote]

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