Colleges Lie

Colleges Lie October 10 Highly selective colleges have a vested interest in moving up the US News World Report rankings. You might say, Duh! But its how they move up the rankings that is interesting. Thats right. Colleges lie. In college, professors often teach students not to accept anything at face value. Just because a historian writes a take on an historical event  in a history textbook, that doesnt mean his or her opinion of an event is true. It doesnt mean the events played out as he or she described it. College professors especially the ones at top universities encourage students to always challenge, to think, to question, to not accept something simply because someone says it to be true. Interestingly, its the very same lesson we at Ivy Coach encourage you to apply to highly selective college admissions. Just because a college says theyre need blind, dont believe them. Dont believe us? Thats fine. But read our arguments on why need blind admissions is a farce  before you jump to a conclusion. Just like any good college professor would tell you. Always do your research. Just because a college sends you brochures, that doesnt mean they have intentions of admitting you. They want students to applyeven unqualified students. And why? So their admission rate will be lower because the more students who apply even unqualified ones the better that admission rate will be and the higher the school will be ranked by US News World Report. This ranking matters big time among top universities. Just because a university tells you that expressing interest in attending their school doesnt matter, dont believe it for a second. The vast majority of highly selective colleges measure Demonstrated Interest (see this post on the Interest Quotient). College want to have high yield rates. They dont want to admit students who they dont think will matriculate. Its why students who are admitted to Harvard and Yale are sometimes denied at Penn and Cornell. We can go on and on. The point is: Dont believe everything highly selective colleges are telling you. Question why theyre telling you something. Think logically. Knowing the true motivations of highly selective colleges can make the admissions process less stressful and more manageable.