Drexel University Letter

annasdad
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:39:56 +0000

Are you suggesting that Drexel is NOT acting “honorably”?



I am saying, not merely suggesting, that Drexel is engaging in deception.



I got a letter in the mail recently from Drexel University. It says that I’ve been selected as a VIP applicant



VIP? That means I’m a very special applicant, right?

But:



Its centerpiece is the Drexel VIP Application, which the university sends not to a select number of very important students, but to each and every one in its vast inquiry pool. … “Apply today,” reads the first page, which lists three advantages of doing so: expedited consideration for scholarships; a waiver for the $75 application fee, which the university waives anyway for online applications; and “no long essay,” as Drexel requires only a brief personal statement.



Now you can define “honorably” any way you like. To me, acting deceptively is not acting honorably.

Morally, do you see a difference between a university deceiving prospective applicants in order to boost its application count and a student deceiving a professor in order to get a better grade?