Yale May Ramp Up Fact Checking After Removing First-Year Student

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@SJ2727

Somewhere between development case and nothing

That isn’t enough to move the needle for admissions, AFAIK.

@worriedmomucb

I’d like to believe that most AOs, especially at highly competitive colleges, are savvy enough to suss this stuff out, even without fact checking per se.

Perhaps in some cases. But I’m pretty sure a lot of made-up or greatly exaggerated accomplishments and activities don’t get flagged. Otherwise, private college consultants charging five-figure fees wouldn’t be getting their clients’ kids into elite schools with such a high rate of success.

But, back to this story…

@SJ2727

I’m still wondering what caused the college to make the leap from “this is an undesirable roommate” to “maybe we should re-investigate the details on her application”.

That’s what I’ve been wondering too. We’re clearly missing some key facts, because there’s a big leap between “she’s stinky and promiscuous” and “let’s go back and carefully reexamine her application.”