Comments for Admissions Uncovered https://admissionsuncovered.com Podcast about College Applications Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 Comment on 67 – Handling Deferrals from Early Decision by Best SEO Service https://admissionsuncovered.com/67-handling-deferrals-from-early-decision/#comment-9 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:14:29 +0000 https://admissionsuncovered.com/?p=2256#comment-9 Awesome post! Keep up the great work! 🙂

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]]> Comment on 60 – Real Talk on Standardized Test and Test Prep with Kathryn Zheng by Prashant Sehgal https://admissionsuncovered.com/60-real-talk-on-standardized-test-and-test-prep-with-kathryn-zheng/#comment-7 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:13:08 +0000 https://admissionsuncovered.com/?p=779#comment-7 Was really looking forward to listening to this one after reading the title, but the volume for this episode was SO low, that you guys were hardly audible! Maybe you can fix it and repost?

]]> Comment on 41 – Covering the New Admissions Scandal: Large Dollar Payments for Admission to College by William Green https://admissionsuncovered.com/41-covering-the-new-admissions-scandal-large-dollar-payments-for-admission-to-college/#comment-5 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:54:38 +0000 https://admissionsuncovered.com/?p=583#comment-5 Great podcast. This scandal is evidence of a bigger problem that was already known but now brought to the attention of the public. I agree that wealth should in no way be factored into admissions. Admissions and money are two different things. I bet there are enough people donating that a few missing donations for the sake of admissions will not greatly hinder the school. Tuition costs should be able to find the school. I disagree in that I think $70k/yr per student is more than enough to keep a school running though it really depends on how many people are paying tuition. That’s another issue entirely (debt/expensive tuition). Higher education should be about success rather than money or making oneself to meet the admissions template. The most successful people know how to accomplish a lot with very little. Colleges should make their admissions process available to the public. I think it’s fair for applicants to know which factors specifically decide whether they get in. Those factors are known but only vaguely. Perhaps legislation changes could be made to prevent further “cheating” and hold colleges accountable. I think this happens far more often than we think. Only 50 people were caught but how many people are doing it. Still, I don’t think enough people do it for it to be significant to others but even one instance is enough to make me feel somewhat angry with the system. I already feel that admissions affect the lives of high schoolers too much. High school students now are trying so hard to meet a template rather than find individuality and interests. Fortunately, that is one benefit of homeschooling. I regularly question homeschooling but one of the redeeming qualities is the opportunity to feel authentic and honest. Hanging around me for a day, it’s pretty obvious what my life priorities are and what is important to me.

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