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藤校招生是一个骗局：一个哈佛招生人的自白 (转载)

藤校招生是一个骗局：一个哈佛招生人的自白 (转载)# Parenting - 为人父母

w*d2016-01-04 08:01

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【以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: Military
标题: 藤校招生是一个骗局：一个哈佛招生人的自白
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 4 09:35:08 2016, 美东)
Ivy League Admissions Are a Sham: Confessions of a Harvard Gatekeeper
http://gawker.com/ivy-league-admissions-are-a-sham-confessions-

f*n2016-01-04 08:01

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真是好文！有小孩考大学的父母太值得一读了。很多面试技巧啥的。
美国大学长此以往，科研实力，必将衰落。

u*a2016-01-04 08:01

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"First of all, there are a number of small factors that can move the
admissions needle in small amounts: location, economic background, race. You
can just accept that these exist and don't really count for much—a slight
counterbalance to the general advantages that wealthier folks tend to enjoy
as a rule. Or you can spend millions of dollars on lawyers and consultants,
and hundreds of hours fighting in court in order to claw back this tiny
little potential advantage from those in the lower half of the socioeconomic
spectrum.
Either way, these are things beyond your control, and I'd recommend not
worrying about them. Frankly, it's the cheaper and quicker option."

u*a2016-01-04 08:01

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"I've endured year after year of privileged sameness, with no sign of the
non-millionaires whom I wanted to help. Exactly once I was assigned a
candidate who came from the lower end of the socioeconomic scale. But his
GPA and SAT scores were close to the cutoff for "not recommended," and when
I asked him questions—about school, sports, family, TV, whatever—his
answers lasted barely five seconds. When I asked him why he wanted to go to
Harvard, he shrugged and said, "Dunno."
In spite of all that, I made good on this one chance I had been given to
help someone who didn't have all the advantages of his applicant peers. I
put him in the "acceptable but perhaps not competitive" category and gave
him a tentative thumbs-up.
Weeks later, when the acceptance lists came out from our region, I didn't
see his name. Later, in June, the interviewers from my region got a gentle
reminder from my Schools Committee chair: as much as we might like to give a
boost to underprivileged (if less-competitive) candidates, it was our job
to evaluate, not advocate. Best to leave that sort of adjustment to the
professionals."