The Secrets of Elite College Admissions (MUST WATCH)

The Secrets of Elite College Admissions. We go over a Wall Street Journal article titled "The Secrets of Elite College Admissions: In the final ‘shaping’ of an incoming class, academic standards give way to other, more ambiguous factors." The article goes in detail about the college admissions process at top colleges, including Emory University. The author, Jeffrey Selingo, goes inside the admissions office to see what the admissions process looks like at elite colleges. How to get into top schools, how to get into top colleges, inside the admissions office, behind the scenes.

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[kiky.mp]

Honestly, it put me into relief knowing how random it is. It makes me not question my self worth.

[Yukschae]

Rejected from Swarthmore, UMich, Vanderbilt, WashU, and so many more…not even a waitlist, but accepted by Yale on the last day. Yes, randomness is a huge factor and that’s why we apply to so many schools.

[deeptime]

The randomness of the process is the reason for so many applications by each applicant.

[ronalds]

A friend of mine got rejected by U of Michigan (out of state), Northwestern, and Duke; however, he got into MIT.

[annakim]

the number of dislikes is the number of those admission officers being exposed lol

[Fred-qlgq]

A friends kid got rejected by Duke even though the parent was an alum (legacy) yet got into Princeton. True that it's random. But legacy helps as does the ability to pay full fare, even though they say they're need blind (they're not).

[kimberly-qpqi]

i actually read this in a book! it's called "who gets in and why" by jeffrey selingo

[yukiqian]

me: is reading the "who gets in and why" by jeffrey selingo
also me: can't figure out where i heard jeffrey selingo before

[Abi-zjmz]

Such a great article! One of the best videos I have seen so far on this topic.

[ccclord]

Me who got in ED 1 to my top school: May God help you dear fellow applicants

[gionathanvazquezrosario]

This was lowkey very informational, and fun to watch. Thanks!!

[waedjradi]

What he says at 10:10 and so on, is too true.

[MatteoSimeone]

How on earth do these admission officers manually handle 30, 000 applications in a college?
I can't imagine that there are 100s of such officers in a college.
It's impossible unless they use some computer algorithm to filter out most of the applications.

[laupeter]

is true, not only with college admissions... basically with everything in life, the more elite the group is, the more they look into your overall life potential, isn't life exciting?

[bulletinvid]

I haven't learnt from this video about the "secrets", seriously!

[bpxlyewz]

It’s mostly money. They will pick the students who can pay full or near full tuition, with some token disadvantaged students to say “Look! We’re diverse!”

[CincyWahoo]

As much as it is difficult to accept a three hour test can be do or die, the ACT/SAT is the only objective measure.

[ivy]

watching this while waiting for my harvard rejection

[shayanjam]

well made video.. definitely eye opening

[n]

The AP Exam in my are are cancelled, can I do CLEP instead? Would admission people consider it?