The Truth Comes Out - 4 Brave Brown Journalists

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Two interesting articles related to this but not exactly the same dinner party story -

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/03/15/inside-the-ivy-league-college-admissions-process/

At Brown, I saw similar practices firsthand. When the children of prominent people came to campus for admissions tours, the development office would call me and other faculty members to set up individual meetings with them.

http://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/03/25/brown-faces-questions-about-benefits-it-has-provided-legacy-applicants

Brown alumni also have (and will have until this summer) another form of help. The Alumni College Advising Program provides free college counseling – from counselors with extensive experience in admissions – to the children of Brown alumni, faculty members and other employees.

Looks like some things are changing, though.

As for the advancement-orchestrated meetings with faculty members, he said that the advancement office has stopped asking faculty members to write to the admissions office after meeting applicants whose meetings the advancement office set up.