D.McConaughey,Handsome and Talented
( B )
Dear Amanda,
As the Dean of Yale College,I am writing to congratulate you on your academic success and to introduce you to Yale抯 diverse opportunities....As you consider your college options,I hope that Yale remains among your top choices.l
This is part of an e-mail I received this fall.I admit it made me feel pretty special to have Yale,one of the best universities in the world,approach me,a fairly average high school senior from New Jersey.
But why me?My grades are nothing to brag about.I didn抰 qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Competition.I haven抰 led a team sport or conducted scientific research. h
Later,I learned that each year,Yale sends mailings to roughly 80,000 potential students for its freshman class of 1,300.For the class of 2018,Yale rejected 93.7 percent of its applicants.And,according to the College Board,95 percent of Yale抯 enrolcled(注册入学)students were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.
Colleges want a top ranking by U.S.News & World Report.One way to get it?Low acceptance rates,which come from attracting lots and lots of applicants—and then rejecting almost all of them.
So schools mail fancy brochures and send sincere e-mails to many more students than they抣l accept.h
Top schools defend their marketing,arguing that they抮e reaching students who otherwise might not apply梑ecause they don抰 think they could get in,or don抰 realize that most top schools offer lots of need-based financial aid.As William Fitzsimmons,dean of ThenHarvard admissions,said:揟here are so many students out there in the world who might not automatically think about Harvard as a place to go.The chances of reaching the top of anything are not good,but is that a reason not to try??a
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