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...really do not make admissions decisions based on scores,” Director of College Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’71-’73 wrote in an e-mail. “We use them to understand various other aspects of an applicant??s achievements—we are unlikely in the near future to use scores very differently...
While incriminating content on a facebook profile may affect an applicant??s candidacy, there could also be consequences at the university level...
...purposes, is the only VES faculty member who teaches courses that are defined as Environmental Studies. Students interested in that focus should become acquainted with him, and they should speak with him about shaping a plan of study.” It is clear that, ultimately, it is each applicant??s responsibility to design an appropriate plan of study. This level of autonomy is unique in the VES department. In contrast, the FAS handbook details explicit study tracks for students focusing in Studio Arts, Film/Video, and Film Studies. Some students consider the open-endedness of the Environmental Studies...
...violating anyone’s rights. In order for a university to function as a locus of higher learning, it must be able to set minimal standards for its students’ academic preparation. Since the opportunity to attend a UC is not a right but conditional upon an applicant??s willingness to meet these objective standards, claims of discrimination suggest either that the standards themselves are biased, or that they are being enforced inconsistently. The UC schools are run by the California Board of Regents, but the standards for a-g subject areas...
...First, eliminate the race/ethnicity box at the bottom of the first page of the Common Application. Even though it’s presently optional, the inclusion of such a raw barometer of an applicant??s background on the application implicitly emphasizes those of his or her characteristics that are least important to creating a diverse student body, in the grand scheme of things. It isn’t enough for colleges to claim that applicants’ responses comprise “just another piece of information”; so long as universities proudly publish their minority matriculation...