YCBK 603: What Is The Best Time To Send a Letter of Continued Interest? [Transcript]YCBK 604: Is Selectivity Important When Selecting a College?
Introduction : Mark has a discussion about the role of selectivity when selecting a college
Mark interviews Kate Stricklan on How Some Colleges Shape Their Class
o Kate tells us what shaping is and how it applies to admission file reading
o Kate talks about how students go in and out of the admitted class
o Kate shares why colleges do not reveal they can share all of their admit data with the public
o Kate shares when you should not send your test scores to CU Boulder
o Kate shares how the applicant pool differs by college and by in-state and out of state students
o Kate explains why they decided to have an in-state and an out of state different admission notification date and I share why Georgia and Georgia Tech have different notification dates for in-state and out of state decisions.
Recommended Resource : Colleges that allow self reporting of test scores
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