Anonymous wrote:It may hit too close to home for the naysayers. I found the article to be an implicit critique of upper-middle class parents who exhibit a mindless zeal for participating in what is an inherently ridiculous system.

Agree. It may not be new information, but a good collection of observations that are damning.

Why the negativity? I liked the article and learned tons from it. No platitudes there. but then I’m not white male athlete, nor am I UMC.

There is a fair amount of self-serving platitudes in there, along with some insights that can be boiled down to:

Early Decision gives standard private school kids a significant edge. And these kids already have a big edge, one that is exacerbated by their generally higher test scores.

White men are advantaged in SLAC admissions, particularly athletes recruited for sports that nobody really cares about.

Rankings are junk science and yet remain influential.

Highly selective admissions is kind of a crap shoot for the most qualified candidates.

Saved you a click and 15 minutes.

It may hit too close to home for the naysayers. I found the article to be an implicit critique of upper-middle class parents who exhibit a mindless zeal for participating in what is an inherently ridiculous system.

Although it hurt my head to read the VOX article, I continued. So there is something worse than rich kids its white, male athletes. Got it. Maybe these schools should just go to a lottery of "prepared" students.

Anonymous wrote:Excellent read!!

I thought it was interesting, too. I guess I'm not one of the genius PPs who already knew all of this information.

Excellent read!!

The info is on par with "water is wet."

Anonymous wrote:Vox is a regressive propaganda company.
It's like listening to MTV on advice for college.

It's a first-person piece written by a former admissions dean at Wesleyan. The info is solid even if you don't like the channel he published it on.

Rant, rant, rant. What is this person doing besides writing yet another “I worked in admission once and have something to say” article?

Vox is a regressive propaganda company.
It's like listening to MTV on advice for college.

...and sports (especially at D3 schools, and standardized testing, and parents blaming minorities for “taking their kid’s spor”

Basically all the admissions advice you read here on a daily

If that is all you got from this piece - which also slams private schools, ED, middle to upper middle class parents who get their kids involved in all sorts of activities with an eye toward college admission ...

Duh.

Interesting read.

"Rankings are arbitrary, misleading, and poisonous
Any admissions officer worth their position knows rankings like the US News & World Report Best Colleges list are capitalistic undertakings rooted in junk science."

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-highlight/2019/5/1/18311548/college-admissions-secrets-myths