<p>“College Application Process Is Getting More Personal”http://www.2news.tv/news/local/12334206.html]College ”>http://www.2news.tv/news/local/12334206.html )</p>
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When the Virginia Tech shootings happened many asked how warning flags were missed.</p>
<p>It left many colleges beginning to probe deeper into student’s legal past.</p>
<p>Even here on what appears to be a quaint, quiet college campus in Caldwell.</p>
<p>The College of Idaho’s Vice President of Enrollment, John Klockentager said, “It’s a lot more than your GPA and your test score.”</p>
<p>This is the fifth year the College of Idaho has used an application that began asks questions about student’s past behavior.</p>
<p>Klockentager said, “For the safety of our students, faculty and staff.”
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<p>“Convicted of a Felon? Colleges Want to Know”Local ”>Local )</p>
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IOWA CITY - One question you will find on any job application is whether you have been convicted of a felony. Now it is not just CEO’s who need to know. College applications are asking students what they have been up to outside the classroom.
<p>High school seniors have plenty on their desks this time of year. The holidays, the end of the semester, college entrance applications. West High School senior Max Bryk said, “It’s horrible. If you try to do it in one day, you can’t do it in one day." </p>
<p>Applications might make some students sweat more than others. Take the Common Application which more than 300 colleges use. At the end, it asks if the student has ever been disciplined in school. And it asks if the student has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. West High School senior Kate Carter said, “Your grades and your activities are being looked at so your moral character should come into play."</p>
<p>Carter does not mind checking ‘no’ when the application asks if she has committed a felony or misdemeanor. She views it as another hurdle she’s cleared on her path to college. And colleges administrators want to know who they are letting into their community. President-Elect of Common Application and Dean of Admissions at Grinnell College Seth Allen said, “It’s an exercise on students being aware and taking responsibility for their own actions."
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