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Bogus acceptance rates hurting Valpo’s ranking?

Started by wh, November 09, 2019, 09:59:37 AM

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Apparently, some universities (including elites) are buying lists of potential students they know won't qualify, encouraging them to apply, then rejecting them in order to show lower acceptance rates. A lower acceptance rate helps raise their national ranking, and correspondingly lowers Valpo's.

WSJ: Colleges Encourage Low SAT Scorers to Apply – Only to Reject Them

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/08/wsj-colleges-encourage-low-sat-scorers-to-apply-only-to-reject-them/



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Quote from: wh on November 09, 2019, 09:59:37 AM
Apparently, some universities (including elites) are buying lists of potential students they know won't qualify, encouraging them to apply, then rejecting them in order to show lower acceptance rates. A lower acceptance rate helps raise their national ranking, and correspondingly lowers Valpo's.

WSJ: Colleges Encourage Low SAT Scorers to Apply – Only to Reject Them

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/08/wsj-colleges-encourage-low-sat-scorers-to-apply-only-to-reject-them/
So before everyone goes crazy about this being a Breitbart article... the original was from the Wall Street Journal.  This is as messed up as the celebrity college admissions scandal.  These universities need to be called out publicly for this practice.  Any ideas as to why the article didn't name names??
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wh

So we can stay on point rather than turn this into a political discussion...

There are other similar articles out there in cyber space, as revealed by a 30-second Google search.

bbtds

Quote from: FWalum on November 09, 2019, 10:18:33 AM
Quote from: wh on November 09, 2019, 09:59:37 AM
Apparently, some universities (including elites) are buying lists of potential students they know won't qualify, encouraging them to apply, then rejecting them in order to show lower acceptance rates. A lower acceptance rate helps raise their national ranking, and correspondingly lowers Valpo's.

WSJ: Colleges Encourage Low SAT Scorers to Apply – Only to Reject Them

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/08/wsj-colleges-encourage-low-sat-scorers-to-apply-only-to-reject-them/
So before everyone goes crazy about this being a Breitbart article... the original was from the Wall Street Journal.  This is as messed up as the celebrity college admissions scandal.  These universities need to be called out publicly for this practice.  Any ideas as to why the article didn't name names??

Yes, The schools should come before congress as material witnesses because they work for Joe Biden. At the same time Hunter Biden was getting money from corrupt university oligarchs. I say now. you, the media, do your jobs and print the schools names. 


wh

Quote from: bbtds on November 09, 2019, 05:20:03 PM
Quote from: FWalum on November 09, 2019, 10:18:33 AM
Quote from: wh on November 09, 2019, 09:59:37 AM
Apparently, some universities (including elites) are buying lists of potential students they know won't qualify, encouraging them to apply, then rejecting them in order to show lower acceptance rates. A lower acceptance rate helps raise their national ranking, and correspondingly lowers Valpo's.

WSJ: Colleges Encourage Low SAT Scorers to Apply – Only to Reject Them

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/08/wsj-colleges-encourage-low-sat-scorers-to-apply-only-to-reject-them/
So before everyone goes crazy about this being a Breitbart article... the original was from the Wall Street Journal.  This is as messed up as the celebrity college admissions scandal.  These universities need to be called out publicly for this practice.  Any ideas as to why the article didn't name names??

Yes, The schools should come before congress as material witnesses because they work for Joe Biden. At the same time Hunter Biden was getting money from corrupt university oligarchs. I say now. you, the media, do your jobs and print the schools names. 

You hijacked a serious discussion about an important issue for this? Kindly take your sickening political nonsense over to "Other Topics" where it belongs. Thank you.

bbtds

Quote from: wh on November 09, 2019, 08:57:09 PMYou hijacked a serious discussion about an important issue for this? Kindly take your sickening political nonsense over to "Other Topics" where it belongs. Thank you.

You could have ignored it. But I knew you wouldn't. I will end it now.