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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding how colleges read all those applications, the answer is that they hire tons of temporary employees as readers. You actually have no idea who is reading your child's application or what their training or background is. There's a lady in my neighborhood who was asked to apply as a temporary reader (focussed on reading and scoring the essays, and deciding which ones would move forward to an actual full time admissions person) for a well-known SLAC based on the fact that she was active in the parent association -- which is fine, except that she apparently thought lots of things were boring. She liked essays about TV shows, movies, etc. Not so big on history, classical music, etc. I think that the idea that Asian americans don't score high and are perceived as 'boring' might come out of this aspect of the process.[/quote]
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