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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worcester is starting to re-gentrify and I think people have started to look at it harder since BC has gotten so hard to get into.  It used to be a very highly respected school but seemed to decline in popularity over the past couple of decades. I'm glad to see it coming back. [/quote]

This. I think, also, that the 30-40% acceptance rate was a big draw. It was so obviously off.

FWIW, we considered it a low target for my daughter (who [b]did get into BC and other reach-for-everyone schools[/b]), and she was waitlisted at HC.[/quote]

FFS this is called yield protection
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Isn’t “yield protection” actually lack of demonstrated interest.  Lots of colleges prioritize how much the applicant demonstrates that they WANT to attend there. For a number of reasons. Cohesive, vibrant student body with school spirit for example.  Casting it as “yield protection” makes the colleges’ motives sound more sinister when it’s really that the applicant appeared to the college to just throw the application in along with a dozen others. Colleges don’t, nor should they, admit only on GPA and test scores.

In the workplace analogy, I’m hiring the 3.4 GPA grad from UMD who actively networked and sought out my company over the 3.8 GPA from JHU who submitted a resume through career services and not much else.  [/quote]

I do this as well with hiring. However if my choice was someone from a religious private that is small nope public wins [/quote]

So you admit that you practice religious discrimination in hiring?[/quote]

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