http://ivyclassified.com Secrets from within Ivy League admissions Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:45:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first response to news of the time crunch faced by admission officers is to spice up the application. This is done in a variety of ways, but I want to warn against the more extreme methods. For example, a student recently sent in a macaroni-copy of a college's emblem ... http://ivyclassified.com/2008/03/01/the-time-factor-part-2/ This is one of the more commonly known facts about college admission offices. Admission officers review your application for a fraction of the time you spend writing it. At the point an admission officer receives your file, everything is organized (and sometimes summarized). This only barely remedies the time crunch ... http://ivyclassified.com/2008/02/23/the-time-factor/ One of the most important things to keep in mind when pitching yourself is, 'who are you pitching yourself to'? Who are you trying to get to buy? Most students imagine the mysterious folks working in admissions are clever and insightful intellectuals who have studied at elite institutions. This is ... http://ivyclassified.com/2008/02/18/who-are-admission-officers-part-2/ There seems to be a consensus in splitting admission officers into two general groups: Temps and Lifers. First, lets talk about Temps. These are usually recent graduates. Admission officers try to hire students who have just attended their college, because of their sense of the school's student body gained from ... http://ivyclassified.com/2008/02/15/who-are-admission-officers-part-1/ The most common source of information is the High School Profile. Usually sent out by guidance offices, this form provides basic facts for admission offices. It will list information such as class size, course offerings, ranking procedures, and test scores. If the school does not rank students, the High ... http://ivyclassified.com/2008/02/12/re-how-do-colleges-know-so-much-about-my-school/