Am a School Board Member and a trial attorney and your words are absolutely true. It's a balance of an effective application strategy with the veneer of good faith and fair dealing b/c a college's Admissions Committee can tell when its chain is being yanked. The degree of thoughtfulness required cannot be underestimated.
Private sector sentiment over Ivy leagues is getting lower and lower. Poor quality of new graduates. Experience and skill are starting to become much more valued.
Performing arts majors like acting and musical theatre typically have an acceptance rate of 2-3%, making it harder than getting accepted to most Ivies. And at most colleges you can NOT transfer into these programs after you’ve been accepted because they are based on auditions and typically limited to incoming classes of 10-12 students. It would be nice if schools released acceptance rates by major
Some majors are extremely competitive and also have an entirely different application process. They also require a TON of work to apply and even get an audition. It’s a multi step process. My oldest daughter is a musical theatre major which has an acceptance rate of approx. 3% at her school. The university she goes to has a 75% acceptance rate. She applied to one school where 3000 applied, around 300 were allowed to audition and they admitted 6 boys and 6 girls. She was invited to audition for musical theatre at that school and that was a huge accomplishment! If people think the ivies are hard, try the performing arts.
If a student doesn't know what they want to major in, then the should attend their local community college until they have decided on a career field. That is just common sense.
Am a School Board Member and a trial attorney and your words are absolutely true. It's a balance of an effective application strategy with the veneer of good faith and fair dealing b/c a college's Admissions Committee can tell when its chain is being yanked. The degree of thoughtfulness required cannot be underestimated.
Private sector sentiment over Ivy leagues is getting lower and lower. Poor quality of new graduates. Experience and skill are starting to become much more valued.
Performing arts majors like acting and musical theatre typically have an acceptance rate of 2-3%, making it harder than getting accepted to most Ivies. And at most colleges you can NOT transfer into these programs after you’ve been accepted because they are based on auditions and typically limited to incoming classes of 10-12 students. It would be nice if schools released acceptance rates by major
Even lower at some schools. My daughter applied to programs with a 0.5% acceptance rate. 😮
…And if you graduate with a degree in that, your 0.5% acceptance rate will continue into adulthood when you start searching for a real job.
Some majors are extremely competitive and also have an entirely different application process. They also require a TON of work to apply and even get an audition. It’s a multi step process. My oldest daughter is a musical theatre major which has an acceptance rate of approx. 3% at her school. The university she goes to has a 75% acceptance rate. She applied to one school where 3000 applied, around 300 were allowed to audition and they admitted 6 boys and 6 girls. She was invited to audition for musical theatre at that school and that was a huge accomplishment! If people think the ivies are hard, try the performing arts.
If a student doesn't know what they want to major in, then the should attend their local community college until they have decided on a career field. That is just common sense.
Top schools tickets just like hit lottery, picked by school's readers with lot of prejudice, e.g. race. color, last name, zone code...