"I guarantee you so many schools will under-enroll." This week, part 2 of our latest Q&A special: how coronavirus affects scholarships, test score requirements, colleges going out of business, and admissions officers losing jobs. Plus, questions college hopefuls should be asking amidst COVID-19 and predictions on the future of college admissions. Ken Dunbar is an admissions director with 20 years in college admissions.
- Warren, a college consultant from Texas
SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS REPORT: “We don’t even know if we’ll be open in the fall… It’s a financial disaster,” says Ken Dunbar, int’l admissions director at Widener U. in PA. Our latest exclusive interview features a 20-year admissions expert on how admissions offices are scrambling amidst COVID-19. Topics covered: tuition refunds, yield and application rates, emotional implications, and future outlook.
“One of my big pet peeves is a student who says they want to go into journalism, but they spend their entire essay writing about their soccer team,” says UIUC admissions dean, Megan Zwilling. We discuss applicants' social media, overly-involved parents, disagreements in the admission committee, and appeal letters. Plus, Megan's answers to questions from our readers Sophie and Tyrone.
“I thought I knew the student, but I actually knew their mom or somebody else who wrote the essay,” says University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign admissions dean. A conversation about how she sniffs out doctored apps, highlights from the best essays she’s read, plus direct answers to questions from our readers Venkates, James, and Scott.
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