Chapter 1: The Unsung Alma Maters
The name of the college that a graduate attended
What is an alma mater?
Students whose parents/grandparents attended the college they're applying to
What is a legacy?
A powerful tool used by wealthy families to give their kids an edge over those from lower classes in admissions
What is money?
College rankings are ___________
What is subjective/personal?
Public schools dominate rankings factoring in _____________ ___________.
What is socioeconomic diversity?
The annually published list of the 500 companies that earned the most revenue
What is the Fortune 500?
The digital software that most students apply to college through; monopolized the admissions industry
What is the Common App?
Students/families are willing to sacrifice their ________ to get accepted into an elite college
What are morals/ethics?
The main college ranking guide families look at when applying to colleges
What is U.S. News and World Report?
It is common for elite schools to ____ socioeconomic diversity
What is lack?
The fraction/percentage of 2014's top 10 Fortune 500 members that went to an Ivy League college
How much is 1/10 or 10%?
The trend where students apply to more and more colleges in hopes of getting into one.
What is the throwing darts phenomenon?
Extremely sensitive college essays; viewed as a form of trauma dumping
What are sob stories?
The _______ a school's median SAT/ACT score is, the more selective it is considered
What is higher?
Richer students who attended diverse colleges came out with a ______ understanding/awareness of others
What is better/improved?
There is no _______ between undergraduate college prestige and success in life.
What is relationship/pattern?
The percentage of students accepted to a college who actually attend that college
What is yield rate?
Schools may be a better fit based on factors OTHER THAN _________
What is selectivity?
Rankings can _______ the cost of college tuition
What is increase?
Only this percentage of incoming freshmen in Yale's Class of 2017 came from public schools
How much is 50%?
A major contributing factor to the elite college hysteria; hides the alma maters of lesser known colleges in stories
What is the media?
Demographics/students that a college has interest in during a certain admissions cycle
What is a college's wish list?
International applicants may ________ their college applications
What is doctor (or another form of manipulate/lie)?
The opinion of a certain college held by counselors, presidents, admissions deans, etc.
What is public opinion?
This percentage of U.S. college students graduated from a public high school
How much is 90%?