14 November 2017
What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)
Here's a good article from the New York Times that sheds some light on the various competiing objectives that colleges need to balance in their admissions processes and how colleges like Connecticut College, Olin College of Engineering, MIT and Yale are exploring new ways to create more holistic pictures of applicants within that context.
Click here for the article.
- Tags: Class of 2022, Connecticut College, MIT, Olin
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