FERPA and Princeton Admission files

[psywar]

Similar to the Stanford students requesting their admission records, here is an article about a few Princeton students who requested and were able to view their records (for one hour at least). Some interesting tidbits:

Lots of process steps revealed

“The admission process begins with a randomly selected first reader who summarizes everything he or she sees in the file, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye explained. The file then passes on to a second reader, the regional admission officer, who takes a broader perspective of how the student appears in the context of his or her educational background”

“Based on interviews and a file review conducted by The Daily Princetonian, the first reader recommends an action for the second reader on a scale of four or five options, including “Unlikely,” “Only if Room,” “Strong Interest” and “High Priority.””

It appears they didn’t focus on a candidates race

““I didn’t really see them evaluate me in the context of me being Asian at all, so I’m still convinced that that happens, but I don’t know how,” he said.”

SAT scores aren’t even on the main summary

““I thought it was notable that your SAT scores don’t come up at all on the two-page sheet that’s your summary of who you are, effectively,” Kratzer said.”

Full article: http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2015/04/requests-to-view-admission-files-surge-since-january/

The comment section was informative too:

"For your next interview, the annotation will be something like “wasted administrators resources with FERPA requests to stroke ego.”

Lol

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