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kit · 01-03-2009, 01:15 AM

What part of the admissions process is most misunderstood?
With regard to what part of the admissions process is most misunderstood, Dean Jeff Brenzel of Yale University says, “It is not well understood that we are not aiming to pick out the best candidate in a particular school or from a particular area, as measured by some predetermined criteria. Rather, we are trying to assemble the most varied and most interesting class we can from an extremely diverse group of close to 25,000 outstanding applicants.”

(New York Times, 19 Dec 2008
Q. and A.: College Admissions - Questions/Answers Blog - NYTimes.com )

Quite intriguing, isn’t it?

01-03-2009, 01:15 AM	#66
kit New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17	What part of the admissions process is most misunderstood? With regard to what part of the admissions process is most misunderstood, Dean Jeff Brenzel of Yale University says, “It is not well understood that we are not aiming to pick out the best candidate in a particular school or from a particular area, as measured by some predetermined criteria. Rather, we are trying to assemble the most varied and most interesting class we can from an extremely diverse group of close to 25,000 outstanding applicants.” (New York Times, 19 Dec 2008 Q. and A.: College Admissions - Questions/Answers Blog - NYTimes.com ) Quite intriguing, isn’t it?
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