Do past admits get you admitted?

whatisyourquest
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:18:33 +0000

LF seems to be saying that some of the revelations in The Gatekeepers are still valid… I don’t understand why Ms. Hernandez was introduced to this discussion.

Since college admissions move at warp speed, what’s needed are new books that “pull back the curtain” – books with authors whose identity, university affiliation, and experience are explicitly declared. The only verifiable information that students and parents receive now, about holistic admissions, is that extracted from universities via lawsuits.

Anonymous posts on CC about holistic admissions have the same reliability as data reported by PayScale and Niche. Many of us want to believe (because there’s nothing else available) but others, perhaps justifiably, question the validity of anything reported anonymously. There is clearly a market for new books on holistic admissions.