Lauren Starkey from The Examiner, well, examines who gets into college and why it happens in such a way. There are many, many factors that go into the admissions process that have absolutely nothing to do with a student’s merit or academic standing. I was pleased to read this article and find that it wasn’t [...]
Now everyone who is applying must deal with the older generations heading back to school. I’m all for it, personally. I think continuing one’s education at any age is a very intelligent move. But, unfortunately, it causes a bit of trouble for those who are applying as graduates and/or undergraduates ready to get their education [...]
In Indianapolis, there is a bit of buzz surrounding the nearly 200-year-old institution of Franklin College because lots of people are contacting them confused and upset. The reason being that there’s another ‘Franklin’ in town. Franklin University, which is based in Ohio, is opening up a new campus right in Indianapolis. Obviously, there’s a bit [...]
A ‘Conservative group’ at Bucknell University attempted to hold a bake sale on campus, but was shut down by the campus administrators. Seems pretty harmless, right? Well, wrong (and, no, it’s not too dissimilar from the ‘Drunken Negro’ in Greenwich Village). What the group did was set up what they called an ‘Affirmative Action Bake [...]
It appears that he Chicago Tribune is suing UI for possibly admitting students who are politically motivated applicants as opposed to ones with high academic integrity. Who can blame them? They’ll probably get tons of money. But, I guess the Tribune blames them, and I understand that. The issue here, of course, is that the [...]
Unfortunately, since so many people are suffering, many won’t be able to make it to their first choice school. Instead, there are graduating seniors who are going for much cheaper institutions. And who can blame them? College prices are going up while unemployment rises. The amount of folks in dire situations are outweighing those who [...]
Colleges and Universities across the board are making the admissions process much more selective. It’s a numbers game, for the most part, and these places simply want their numbers to be high. In order to do that, admissions offices are making it more difficult to be accepted, which in turn will hopefully make it easier [...]
College rejection letters are something everyone has to deal with (or rather, you shouldn’t be friends with anyone who got into every school they applied to). But some schools are more tactful than others in telling you you’re not good enough. The WSJ has a great, if unscientific, survey of the worst rejection letter experiences.
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University of California at San Diego has made a bit of mistake on this day of days. This was likely the worst day for it. Applicants of UC San Diego received an e-mail from the admissions office declaring them accepted students for the Fall semester. It read,
‘We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to University of [...]
Yep, college admissions is as arbitrary and capricious as you’ve always thought it was. Pretty much just comes down to throwing darts at a wall full of names.
One current Ivy League admissions officer supports the “would I like to have a beer with this guy?” criterion, which probably explains as much about George W. Bush [...]
