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Doug's avatar

I signed up for a 2-year stint as a Brown admission officer in 1983 and was so appalled once I saw how the sausage was made that I quit after a year and wrote an op-ed for the NY Times. One of the worst offenses I became aware of was an admission officer hand delivering an acceptance letter to the father of an applicant after enjoying a full dinner with friends at his highly rated restaurant. No surprise, the restaurant owner comped the entire meal. Not to mention the D- scion of a wealthy family who was let in after the first semester ended so he wouldn't bring down the numbers for the class that started in the fall. There's a lot that gets buried with deferred admission. Here's the op-ed I wrote explaining how it works: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/09/opinion/rejected-by-college.html

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PSW's avatar

I'd be curious to read admission essays by the Obama daughters.

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