<p>What would be an interesting article concerning college admissions to write for my high school's newspaper before April 1st.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that most kids aren't applying to Ivy's at my Public school.</p>
<p>I was thinking something like how a college makes its selections or something....but not so lame and overdone.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>the stress that is now involving in college admissions...
kids applying to 20+ colleges... the randomness of decisions</p>
<p>common app and online apps vs individual apps. interview some adults for comparison, too</p>
<p>Good suggestions...anymore?</p>
<p>Possibility/probability of senioritis based on your own school's population? For the EA/ED/rolling admissions accepted students? Or everyone in general?</p>
<p>Or whether or not people are swayed by the college propaganda they're surrounded by, following PSAT's, even if they don't think their chances are high.</p>
<p>mominva's idea a good one. Was thinkin' of that one. UChicago's Dean of Admissions said something about that...</p>
<p>Or you could talk about the financial side of applying and the stress that overcomes parents and students about it. Parents with own businesses vs. those who don't and stuff like that. The diff forms they have to fill out and whether or not they feel a little nervous that their income depends on something so personal to them (for parents who own businesses).</p>
<p>Write about that college admissions are moving away from objective standards to ******** subjective standards.</p>
<p>Whoa w1cked...what's that supposed to mean? Are you talking about how HYP reports that they rejct 2/3 of perfect scorers?</p>
<p>I think that that is a good thing, but this is not an opinion piece.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of maybe writing about senioritis after EA/ED/Rolling.</p>
<p>Anything else?</p>
<p>I think its not .. uhh.. ethical to reject people with high grades and high scores and accept someone with an inferior academic record just because they have some extra bs club or activity.</p>
<p>Ethical is so the wrong word. It's perfectly ethical, the question is whether or not it is right or fair. And that's a whole separate argument. </p>
<p>Anyway I think a good idea would be the increased competition and increasing number of applicants. Maybe something about international applicants or the financial aid process, how the government is raising loan rates, etc.</p>