For Sale: Sat-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data and Boost Exclusivity

Re:For Sale: Sat-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data an... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:34AM (#21463526)

>more students sending out far more applications (out of paranoia? Pressure?)

Many college systems (e.g. UC) have a common application. Applying to more colleges is just checking more boxes. There's another common application I just found on google that advertises "Explore nearly 900 colleges and universities using Common App." If it were me, and it were just another check box, or even checkbox + $50 or something, I'd hit a ton of them. Back in the day, I think I applied to every single UC for that reason.

As it is, it's not quite that simple (different essay questions, etc.), but the barrier to more applications has absolutely gone down.

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Re:For Sale: Sat-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data an... by saagarjha on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:18AM (#21463998)

I seem to recall the Common App requiring work per-college that went beyond “check some boxes and pay us more”.

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Re:For Sale: Sat-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data an... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:50AM (#21464317)

I don't think we're disagreeing? For the UC's it was that simple, but for the gigantic common app, it's not. Hence my comment "As it is, it's not quite that simple (different essay questions, etc.)..."

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Re:For Sale: Sat-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data an... by saagarjha on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:18PM (#21464628)

Ah, I thought you were considering the Common App to be equivalent to the UC application.

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