> I have no idea how admissions work. I've heard stories about soliciting applications from unqualified candidates so they can tout accepting 1% of application

> I have no idea how admissions work. I've heard stories about soliciting applications from unqualified candidates so they can tout accepting 1% of applications and the number of applicants so they can sound more exclusive. Its pretty corrupt, I already spoke on my first hand experience in other threads, but just look at what the recent admissions scandal yielded: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admis... The one at USC was the most blatant of all in my opinion: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/usc-admissions-official-guilty-plea-chinese-students https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/usc-admi...