You can actually request your admissions file from colleges.

Applying to College
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/mollyhensleyclancy/heres-how-to-see-what-college-admissions-officers-wrote-abou?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpfp&s=mobile#.tjZ5Q0NYW

This article was very intriguing and I wondered if anyone on this site has experience with this.

Was it worth it? Did you learn anything interesting?

What are people’s thoughts on this?

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Most students nowadays waive their FERPA rights, so this is irrelevant to a lot of kids.

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Apparently we only waive our right to read recommendations on the Common App. The other FERPA rights remain in place.

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New York Times article on this: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/us/students-gain-access-to-files-on-admission-to-stanford.html?_r=0

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There are actually already a few threads already created about the topic

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1732057-how-to-see-what-admissions-officers-wrote-about-you.html#latest

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17992879#Comment_17992879

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Can’t you only see if you actually enroll

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I’m scared to see what admissions officers wrote about me.

MIT’s file probably reads “Prospective student visited foodcourt. Ate entire stock. A troubling amount of funds have disappeared.” or something.

On a serious note, it would be REALLY bad if we find out that they’re doing some really questionable things.

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This is really interesting, I can’t wait to see what comes out of this.