![]() ![]() But in my experience, a lot of the anxiety revolves around an image of the process that is just not true. This is a world that we are in every single day. And look, we know that there’s a lot of anxiety about the college admissions process out there. Hopefully it’s helpful if you are a student thinking about applying to college, if you are the parent of a college applicant, a school counselor, a teacher, if you’re just a curious member of the public who wants to know more about selective college admissions at a place like Yale, this is the podcast for you. ![]() So we’re offering you a free public service. We want to tell you all what we do, and show it. And I’ll just say right off the bat, I think that’s a total baloney sandwich– And even worse, I think there are– I know there are people out there who try to sell their services, with the idea that they’ve got this insider knowledge. I have found over the years that people sometimes imagine that we have some sort of vested interest in keeping things secret, that there’s some sort of insider knowledge that we don’t want you to know. And we always tell our applicants that, in their essays, they should try to show, not tell, so we’re going to try and take that good advice and show you what goes on in our office through this podcast. We’re happy to open the door a little bit and let you know what really happens inside our office. I think that people tend to think that our work is mysterious, and it’s really not. Yeah, so what we wanted to do with this podcast is really just make the admissions process a little bit more transparent. And Hannah, why are we recording a podcast in Reed’s office? He’s been generous enough to let us barge in here and record this podcast. Specifically, we are in Reed’s office up on the third floor. We are actually inside the Yale Admissions Office on beautiful historic Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. My name is Mark, and I’m a Yale admissions officer. Hello, and welcome to Inside the Yale Admissions Office. Admissions Officers Julian and John join as guests to discuss their strategies for reading and rating files. Every year officers read more than 35,000 applications cover to cover and collectively make admissions decisions on each one. ![]() Hannah and Mark discuss how officers read applications, make notes, confer with colleagues, and prepare to present applicants to the Admissions Committee. ![]()
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