"For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process. Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make your alumni happy by admitting their kids, they might be more likely to give you money."
I agree that colleges should state simply and clearly how they evaluate student applicants.
But if they all did, students would probably need to start preparing in their sophomore year, if not sooner, to get the nice extra-curricular achievements to make their application stand out. I wasn't even thinking about what college I wanted to go to when I was a sophomore.
"For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process. Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make your alumni happy by admitting their kids, they might be more likely to give you money."
I agree that colleges should state simply and clearly how they evaluate student applicants.
But if they all did, students would probably need to start preparing in their sophomore year, if not sooner, to get the nice extra-curricular achievements to make their application stand out. I wasn't even thinking about what college I wanted to go to when I was a sophomore.