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Continue readingIs An Expensive Private College Education Worth the Money?
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Continue readingThe Dark Underside of Community Service in the Quest for College Admission
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Continue readingThe Ups and Downs of Ivy League Admissions
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Continue readingClass of 2017 Early Application Results from Highly Selective Colleges: What Do They Indicate?
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Continue readingYale Admissions Video–Raising the Bar in College Marketing
Well, Yale has raised the bar for new admissions videos. This is an outstanding promo video for Yale that was produced by Yale undergraduates and recent alumni. I’m sure the admissions office was delighted to assist, as well.
If for no other reason you should watch it for the pure entertainment value.
And thanks to my friend Ted Worcester for sharing this video with me. Cool stuff!
College Admissions and Multiples
Last week, the NY Times published an article on quadruplets who were all recently accepted to Yale. The article describes the scene of Ray, Kenny, Carol, and Martina Crouch all logging into the Yale website to see if they were admitted. I can only imagine how agonizing it must have been for all four siblings and their parents.
As a former admission officer, I know it can difficult to review applications of multiples. Sometimes the siblings have similar credentials and the decision is easy. Other times the applicants that are siblings may present two entirely different applications and the decision is not so cut and dry. While I don’t think any school would grant admission to a student who is not qualified to enroll just because their brother or sister was also admitted in the same class, I do think that most admissions officers reflect on how the decision will affect family dynamics.
It appears that this story of the admission process and multiples has a happy ending, but it is not over yet. Each Crouch sibling has other schools besides Yale that they are considering and while they say they are “reluctant to part” one them comments on how “fun” it might be to go somewhere where he is not “one of the quads.”
Katherine Price