I’m exhausted thinking about this new portfolio application, as if the Common App and it’s endless supplemental essays wasn’t bad enough. Now the kids have to start in 9th grade? I have a 10th grader now, and I really don’t want her to get sucked into doing this.
I agree with this: “Why don’t you make this application and suite of tools available only to low-income students?”
What if families could only use this new tool if their income was below a certain level? And they had to submit their IRS forms each year while the child is building the portfolio to prove it. Still, seems like a lot of effort for kids who don’t have the resources, access to computers, and inside information as to how this all works.
Do the AdCom’s really want to slog through thousands of portfolios? Because that’s what this will create. It sounds like SO much more work for admissions staff too.