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发信人: GSJTW (gsw), 信区: Parenting
标 题: 我支持大学holistic admission
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jan 8 09:57:30 2016, 美东)
Question: What are Holistic Admissions?
Most of the country's highly selective colleges and universities have
holistic admissions, but what exactly does this mean for an applicant?
Answer: "Holistic" can be defined as an emphasis on the whole person, not
just select pieces that make up the whole person.
If a college has holistic admissions, the school's admissions officers
consider the whole applicant, not just empirical data like a GPA or SAT
scores.
Colleges with holistic admissions are not simply looking for students with
good grades. They want to admit interesting students who will contribute to
the campus community in meaningful ways.
Under a holistic admissions policy, a student with a 3.8 GPA might be turned
down while an award-winning trumpet player with a 3.0 GPA might get
accepted. The student who wrote a stellar essay might get preference over
the student who had higher ACT scores but a bland essay. In general,
holistic admissions take into account a student's interests, passions,
special talents, and personality. |
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