Was diversity a big factor in decisions this year?

hazelle
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:35:32 +0000

@tinalouise

You’re assuming. And you know what happens when you assume.

Yes, there are students with great stats that were deferred, but that is not without reason. What you see in a post is mostly objective. You don’t know that most candidates who have great objective stats also had highly rigorous courses, a competitive school, great essays, great recommendations, or high commitments to their extracurricular activities.

What you’re not seeing is that many kids with perfect GPAs that are great at taking tests completely disregard the level of importance of a great essay or recommendation. Likely, a good many of these kids slap together an essay and expect that their objective stats will allow them an early acceptance.

As someone with a “low” ACT score, I take offense to your claim many of the kids accepted were underqualified. You cannot possible measure me (as well as others) up as less qualified than those who were deferred just because of an ACT score of a GPA.

It’s sickening how much a number matters in some people’s eyes.