Ivy League Admissions Are a Sham: Confessions of a Harvard Gatekeeper

Top schools do very little “recruiting”. What does occur, happens on the initiative of individual volunteers who make presentations at targeted schools that may be off the beaten path. For instance, I consider myself a “recruiter”. I have relationships w/counselor staffs some high schools of my severely under-resourced large urban school district, my alma mater school district. It’s one of the nation’s largest cities but may only have 3-4 legitimate applicants any given year. Indeed, it’s arguable that it’s one of the nation’s worst school districts. That being said, I make my way there almost every year – to “get the word out” and meet the counselors and keep lines of communication open. All on my own dime and time.