Harvard to offer theater major

arwarw
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:22:37 +0000

^^^Agreed. I think wealth only factors in to admissions when your tagged as a ‘development’ file meaning your family has or will donate a substantial amount of money to the college - like millions of dollars.

From Hernandez a former Dartmouth admin:

Having a “hook,” meaning something that offers strong positionality for an applicant, dramatically improves the odds of college admission. Typically 40 percent of the students attending top-tier universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale have a hook. The major hooks are:

• Legacy, meaning a family history of college attendance at a specific school (usually mother or father, but sometimes a grandparent – and graduate school attendance does not always count)
• Recruited athlete
• Underrepresented student (African American, Latino/a, Native American, Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, bi-racial, or multiracial)
• Development (donation) case
• VIP or high-profile applicant