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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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