Anonymous
Post 07/25/2025 11:19     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
I have a kid who was admitted and rejected from one school in each category.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2025 11:12     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
I think y’all are taking an advertorial listicle way to seriously.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2025 11:10     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
Anonymous wrote:Time in the 40-yard dash: Alabama, Clemson, USC

Vertical jump: Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky

Ability to plagiarize & pretend you are a different race based on a distant relative’s cheekbones: Harvard

Ability to take over an administration building & with a straight face demand meal-plan food be delivered to you: Columbia


+1

The list shared by OP in the thread starting post is stupid.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2025 21:01     Subject: Re:Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
My kid is a great creative writer. It tracks with his acceptances.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2025 19:28     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
Time in the 40-yard dash: Alabama, Clemson, USC

Vertical jump: Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky

Ability to plagiarize & pretend you are a different race based on a distant relative’s cheekbones: Harvard

Ability to take over an administration building & with a straight face demand meal-plan food be delivered to you: Columbia
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2025 14:13     Subject: Re:Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
They don't require any experience in admissions to work there. Experience in the larger field of education is just preferred, but they don't mention admissions.

  • Bachelor’s degree from an Ivy League or top-tier college

  • Self-starter with strong organizational skills, excellent follow-through, and ability to come up with creative solutions

  • Excellent attention to detail as well as strong editing and writing skills

  • High level of enthusiasm and energy for working with students and a small team of passionate educators

  • Previous experience in education, whether advising, mentoring, teaching, and/or tutoring, preferred

  • Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

    • https://www.commandeducation.com/careers/
    Anonymous
    Post 07/24/2025 14:11     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
    Anonymous wrote:If I really squint hard, I can see ECs at Yale because everyone I know who got admitted was strong in art/music/drama. Other than that, it looks like trying to make sense of a group of hard admit schools.


    It makes sense to me. Everyone at Yale was an excellent student and much, much more.

    Yale grad
    Anonymous
    Post 07/24/2025 14:11     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
    They all care most about Daddys Money
    Anonymous
    Post 07/24/2025 14:08     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
    Find the person with experience in a college admissions office: https://www.commandeducation.com/the-team/

    It's impossible because they have no bios! Hire us! We promise we know what we're doing, but we won't tell you anything about our experience.
    Anonymous
    Post 07/24/2025 14:05     Subject: Does this make any sense? - Admissions Criteria that Top Schools Really Care About
    The bottom of the "article" shows that was written as an advertorial for Forbes.

    Don't let so-called experts override common sense. Yale cares about academics. No one is getting in because of their ECs. They're getting in because they have an amazing application in every way.