Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by koheripbal on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:47AM
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This only includes those admitted from large donors. The number of students admitted for being friends/family of staff/administration/faculty is probably the highest percentage.
When I worked for Stanford in admissions, it ended up making up about 10-15% of each incoming class.
People on "the list" could still be denied, but the admissions officer would need to write a letter to the Dean explaining why - and that never happened.
People think donating small amounts to the school or being a legacy student help admissions, but they absolutely do not have an impact. The most impactful variables to admission are grades, race/gender, test scores, and essays - roughly in that order.
When I worked for Stanford in admissions, it ended up making up about 10-15% of each incoming class.
People on "the list" could still be denied, but the admissions officer would need to write a letter to the Dean explaining why - and that never happened.
People think donating small amounts to the school or being a legacy student help admissions, but they absolutely do not have an impact. The most impactful variables to admission are grades, race/gender, test scores, and essays - roughly in that order.