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How do you become aware of these programs and initiatives and their level of preference in the eyes of the school? Do you happen to have personal connections wi
by jrussino 4y ago
How do you become aware of these programs and initiatives and their level of preference in the eyes of the school? Do you happen to have personal connections with people in the school administration or admissions office and find out by word of mouth? Or are you trying to infer what's important to them from some publicly-available information like the school's website/newsletter/twitter/press releases?
- pyuser583 4y agoThat’s a really great question - * in the case of my college, I knew what I wanted, and was shopping around for it. The major was a very unusual one - not even a major as much as a program (“great books”). * in the case of my daughter, I knew the school because I had taught there decades ago. * there are admissions consultants who keep track of these sorts of things and make it a point to know all the side doors. At the end of the day, colleges admissions should be about matching students and colleges who fit together. If a student isn’t as competitive, but is still a great fit, they should I get extra points for that. But this can be come a system those with money abuse. But that abuse takes the form of lying about whether they are a good fit for the college they are going to - which is dumb. If a student gets into Harvard by saying they really want to pursue the newly introduced degree of “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” - is Harvard really a good fit?