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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holistic just means we’re going to admit whoever we want for whatever reasons we have, after and only after your transcript and grades have firmly placed you in the top tier of peers in your particular high school. [/quote]

Yes! If you look at the Naviance data…. It’s about as holistic as my aunt Fanny. All top 5% and a smattering of clearly lower that make me think sport or URM.  “Holistic” allows them to explain the discrepancy.  Wonder what it will look like in this and future years.

I have wondered if they even care about ECs. For example: if you have a 4.5 GPA and 1500 SAT and were in top 5% of your class but with unimpressive ECs… do they take this student? Most of the students at that level have a good enough EC resume… but I’m wondering for my kid who while plays music and club sport and part time job… doesn’t exert an extraordinary amount of time in school stuff or leadership opportunities….  The Naviance is very consistent at the top end of applicants and of course I’m not privy to their resumes but high GPA and the corresponding (in most cases) test scores… all admitted.  What about if unimpressive ECs?[/quote]

I was about to say the same. She says holistic, then I look at the scattergram for my kids private school and literally the top 5-10 kids get in every year. The dots that are most top right of the graph. So she can say holistic all she wants but it’s just cover for when they have a special circumstance to let in. [/quote]

It’s hilarious that so many people think holistic means “more mediocre or even outright dumb kids should be admitted.”

It means that they are making choices among the excess of very strong students who apply. All the top schools do this. There are 60,000 applicants but they don’t just rank the applicants by gpa and sat then admit the 10,000 best ones. They make non-gpa/test score distinctions between them.[/quote]

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