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Making the College List

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For many students, 11th grade marks the year they begin seriously researching the colleges they will apply to. Many of these students, and their parents too, feel an urgency to get into an elite university because they believe this will determine their...

General F***ups and College Admissions

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Snapshot: This case probes the ethical challenges that admissions officers at elite schools face in the age of social media. Should all of a young person's online history be open for scrutiny? How should admissions officers balance the recognition that...

Closing the Gap

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A number of scholars have proposed comprehensive strategies for reforming the college admissions process, ranging from the bold to the truly radical. The following articles explore some of these ideas. Fishkin, Joseph. Bottlenecks . Oxford University...

Beyond Varsity Blues: The Aims of Elite Higher Education

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The families implicated in the ‘Varsity Blues’ scandal were willing to pay large sums of money (and, not to mention, their integrity) to secure admission to highly-ranked colleges for their children. Many of those whom the FBI caught now face prison time...

Ryan Jung

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Ryan Jung is an undergraduate at Harvard College concentrating in social studies and philosophy with a secondary in educational studies. He is interested in the intersection of political theory and philosophy of education, especially how curriculum can be...

Beyond Varsity Blues: Family Autonomy vs. State Regulation

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Wealth inequality has undoubtedly created injustices in the college admissions process, but policy solutions to level the playing field often present a tension between state regulation and family autonomy. Although many individuals might agree that...

A Note on Donations

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Some particularly wealthy families are able to donate large sums of money to universities, donations that can be hard for admissions committees to ignore when making their decisions. Although legal, these donations raise significant ethical questions...

Preparing the Application

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At this point, family expenditures on students often become more specific to the college admissions process. For instance, families may hire SAT tutors, or they may find a college counselor to help their child with their application essays and interview...

Beyond Varsity Blues: Meritocracy and Equity

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Conversations about the aims of higher education may also lead to questions about how effectively these elite institutions promote meritocracy and equity—and whether “merit” is a fair metric for admissions officers to use in the first place. While many...