Collection of articles on Inside the Admissions process: selective LACs

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<p>a few other odds & ends in the “tell-all” category…</p>

<p>WUNC (radio station) 40 minute interview with admissions deans from DUKE & others, 3/06:
[WUNC</a> | 91.5fm | the state of things | Audio Archive » Blog Archive » College Admissions](<a href=“http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/?p=629]WUNC”>http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/?p=629)</p>

<p>Harvard interviewer article:
[washingtonpost.com:</a> Confessions of a College Interviewer](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28553-2002Oct15?language=printer]washingtonpost.com:”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28553-2002Oct15?language=printer)</p>

<p>Article on a talk by Peter Van Buskirk, former admissions dean at Franklin & Marshall:
[San</a> Francisco Schools: A college-admissions presentation worth sharing](<a href=“http://www.sfschools.org/2007/04/college-admissions-presentation-worth.html]San”>http://www.sfschools.org/2007/04/college-admissions-presentation-worth.html)</p>

<p>Brown, 1999:
[Inside</a> the admission process (GSJ of April 9, 1999)](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/vol23/23GSJ24a.html]Inside”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/vol23/23GSJ24a.html)</p>

<p>Tufts…2006 essay by the dean of admissions on “Building a Class”:
[Tufts</a> Magazine Winter 2006](<a href=“Home | Tufts Alumni”>Home | Tufts Alumni)</p>

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<p>Q&A ….admissions folks from Davidson, Sewanee, Oberlin, Duke, Northwestern, & more, 2003:
[Getting</a> In: A College Admissions Primer - Duke Gifted Letter](<a href=“About DGL - Duke Gifted Letter”>About DGL - Duke Gifted Letter)</p>

<p>Penn, 1998:
[High</a> drama in the office of admissions | csmonitor.com](<a href=“http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/12/15/fp11s1-csm.shtml]High”>http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/12/15/fp11s1-csm.shtml)</p>

<p>Harvard 2006 BusinessWeek article:
[Online</a> Extra: How Harvard Gets its Best and Brightest](<a href=“Bloomberg Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Bloomberg Businessweek - Bloomberg)</p>

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<p>MIT
[The</a> Tech - AN INSIDE LOOK AT MIT ADMISSIONS: A student’s own initiative takes top priority in selection process](<a href=“http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N13/admissions.13f.html]The”>http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N13/admissions.13f.html)</p>

<p>Harvard (1996, but good reading)
[Inside</a> the Meritocracy Machine - New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E5DF1739F93BA15757C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3]Inside”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E5DF1739F93BA15757C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3)</p>

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<p>Swarthmore, Colgate & more…on how admission s dept’s woo prospies once admitted:</p>

<p>At Decision Time, Colleges Lay On Charm</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/education/26admissions.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/education/26admissions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>legacies at Middlebury:
[Of</a> Sheepskins and Greenbacks - New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E3DC173AF930A25751C0A9659C8B63]Of”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E3DC173AF930A25751C0A9659C8B63)</p>

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<p>Thanks for some interesting and valuable infor, Papa Chicken.</p>

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<p>my pleasue captain!</p>

<p>Sewanee on legacies:
[The</a> Chronicle of Higher Education: Live Discussions](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/live/2007/01/legacies/]The”>http://chronicle.com/live/2007/01/legacies/)</p>

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<p>not exactly an admissions tell-all, but an interesting bit of historical reporting…</p>

<p>Reed, 1917 (yes, 1917):
[Where</a> College Boys Prefer Study to Baseball; Reed College of Portland,… - Article Preview - The New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01EFDC153AE433A25756C1A9629C946696D6CF]Where”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01EFDC153AE433A25756C1A9629C946696D6CF)
<a href=“The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos”>The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos;

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<p>almost forgot this NPR story on the Tufts quirky essays:
[NPR</a> : Quirky Essays a Window to Future Success?](<a href=“http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7384490]NPR”>Quirky Essays a Window to Future Success? : NPR)</p>

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<p>This is a terrific thread of very interesting article links on the college admissions process. If anyone knows of other links, please add them.
[Navigating</a> College Admissions: A Series Overview : NPR](<a href=“http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7535849]Navigating”>Navigating College Admissions: A Series Overview : NPR)
This link is to an NPR series on navigating the college admissions process, which includes the above-reference quirky essay article.</p>

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<p>Reed admissions:
[Reed</a> Magazine: Many Apply. Few are Chosen. (1/5)](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/spring2008/features/many_apply/index.html]Reed”>http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/spring2008/features/many_apply/index.html)</p>

<p>Essay advice from Harry Bauld in the Reed Magazine:
[Reed</a> Magazine: My Essay](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/autumn2006/features/my_essay/what_to_say.html]Reed”>http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/autumn2006/features/my_essay/what_to_say.html)</p>

<p>Successful Reed Essay Examples:
[Reed</a> Magazine: My Essay](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/autumn2006/features/my_essay/index.html]Reed”>http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/autumn2006/features/my_essay/index.html)</p>

<p>Article about Need Aware Admissions:
[Reed</a> Magazine: Financial Aid Quandary (1/7)](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/summer2006/features/financial_aid/index.html]Reed”>http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/summer2006/features/financial_aid/index.html)</p>

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<p>bump for HS class of 09 pleasure reading</p>

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<p>a circa 2002 radio show with Jacques Steinberg, author of the Gatekeepers…still relevant today:
[Secret</a> World of College Admissions (Rebroadcast) | WBUR and NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook](<a href=“http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2002/11/secret-world-of-college-admissions-rebroadcast/]Secret”>WBUR)</p>

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<p>[Keep</a> It Honest, Keep It Real | Newsweek Kaplan College Guide | Newsweek.com](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/154329/page/1]Keep”>http://www.newsweek.com/id/154329/page/1)</p>

<p>Pomona College - article by Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions</p>

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<p>Wow, this is definitely worth a bump.</p>

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<p>I second that bump :)</p>

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<p>Tufts & Amherst open up to the Boston Globe…</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> look beyond grades and test scores - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/03/22/looking_beyond_grades_and_scores/]Colleges”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/03/22/looking_beyond_grades_and_scores/)</p>

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<p>This is interesting–LACs that advertise meeting 100% of financial need if admitted don’t add that they won’t admit you if you have financial need (unless you are at the very very top academically). Too late I learned about need-blind vs need-aware admissions. So if you are brilliant, they will give you $ if you need it, and if you are not the brightest kid in the pot but have no or little financial need, they will admit you over smarter but poored kids. And most of these places will entice the standouts, need or no, with merit scholarships. In summary, these places want brilliant and/or wealthy–and are using deceptive advertising when they talk about ‘meeting financial need’. </p>

<p>So the very-smart-but-not-brilliant poorer kids go to in-state publics, and maybe the Honors College at said in-state publics. </p>

<p>When all is said and done, one’s life and future success do not require attendance at a top-tier LAC, nor will they be ruined by going to an in-state public.</p>

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<p>Pitzer</p>

<p>[College</a> admissions’ wrenching ins and outs - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-perez3-2009apr03,0,4003619.story]College”>The hard no)</p>

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<p>here’s another 2007 article from the Pomona dean:
[Admissions</a> Dean: What Colleges Really Want | Newsweek Kaplan College Guide | Newsweek.com](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/32267]Admissions”>Admissions Dean: What Colleges Really Want - Newsweek)</p>

<p>University of Virginia (dated):
[Class</a> Struggle Does it matter if you’re white or black? From a rich family or a poor one? When it comes to college admissions, it sure does. But whether you’re lucky matters too. An inside look at how the University of Virginia selected its class of](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287372/index.htm]Class”>Class Struggle Does it matter if you're white or black? From a rich family or a poor one? When it comes to college admissions, it sure does. But whether you're lucky matters too. An inside look at how the University of Virginia selected its class of 2004. - October 1, 2000)</p>