How colleges REALLY make their admissions decisions

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<p>Very timely.</p>

<p><a href=“How The College Admissions Process Works”>How The College Admissions Process Works;

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<p>^very funny!</p>

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<p>This was my favorite:</p>

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<p>We all know how important “demonstrated interest” is!</p>

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<p>Like!</p>

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<p>That was circulated on my professional list-serves yesterday. It’s all true. :smiley: </p>

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<p>Kelsmom and I probably saw it the same place. :wink: i laughed out loud yesterday. </p>

<p>Today, a different story. </p>

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<p>“Today, a different story.”</p>

<p>What happened? False teeth falled out? Whats your dream or whats in your wallet?</p>

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<p><a href=“How High Schoolers Imagine the College Admissions Process - YouTube”>How High Schoolers Imagine the College Admissions Process - YouTube;

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<p>Admissions decisions - and the inexplicable process that goes imto deciing - are far less comical when you see how crushed thr students are. You can only advise them so much to select a broad range of schools. </p>

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<p>That is absolutely true. Even veteran admissions officers have soft hearts … it hurts to see really great (everyone has wonderful things that set them apart from others) students disappointed.</p>

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<p>The envelopes whose size psychologically destroys…still relevant but less so since more and more decisions are on the portals or emailed directly to students. Entirely new psychological warfare on the cyber front! </p>

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<p>Even though this is largely true, IME some students cope far better with rejections by imagining those who reject them as hard-hearted villains who emit maniacal laughs each time they find ways to reject someone. :D</p>