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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What students (and parents) want to know - before they apply - is what factors are considered and how they are weighted. Nobody feels like they have a complete and accurate picture of this. The term "holistic" seems like a fudge factor that is used to conceal actual admissions priorities that (in many cases) the public would find objectionable. The public wants to know, and deserves to know, the full truth about how the sausage is made.[/quote]

I will make it simple for you. When 56,000 people apply for 1600 spots you will never know, you cannot know. All you can know is that you are not likely to get in. If 600 spots are taken up by ALDC it doesn't matter; you still aren't getting in because the numbers are the driving factor. If they want 25% of the class to be FGLI and you are it doesn't matter. You still aren't getting in because of the numbers. There is nothing that they can tell you that offsets the sheer numbers.[/quote]

You have no idea why AOs don't find your kid's application compelling, compared to thousands of others in affluent, high-achieving areas. You can always move to South Dakota, if you want your kid to have far better odds of admission to an elite school. And take into consideration the fact that colleges need diversity of academic interests. Many of those complaining are parents of kids applying to oversaturated majors like comp sci and engineering. Do you propose Harvard not serve any other majors?[/quote]

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