Colleges Accept Students Who Never Applied to Increase Diversity
“I’m more interested in finding students, especially underrepresented students, that might not think they can even get into college and bypassing that, like, you’re qualified”
Schools are so desperate to increase diversity that they’re going directly to the students they want.
The College Fix reports:
Hundreds of colleges accept students who never applied to increase diversity
Hundreds of U.S. colleges are sending admissions letters to students who never applied, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal.
Through “direct admissions,” schools bypass standard application requirements, including essays, test scores, and extracurricular questions. Schools accept students based primarily on their high school transcripts.
“On the Common App, the number of participating institutions has more than tripled since 2023-24, representing about a fifth of the app’s partners, said Chief Executive Jenny Rickard,” the WSJ reported.
University of Nevada-Reno Director of Admissions Steve Maples told The College Fix that direct admissions are a way to increase diversity on college campuses.
“Every school seems to have a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement about their school . . . yet very little of the college application process has anything to do with equity or diversity or inclusion or any of those concepts,” he said.
“I’m more interested in finding students, especially underrepresented students, that might not think they can even get into college and bypassing that, like, you’re qualified,” he continued.
He added that while the school uses direct admissions, it hasn’t lowered its standards.
“All we’ve done is tried to get out there and promote it to students that are definitely admissible to our university and try to make it as easy as possible,” he said.
Maples also pointed to other similar methods the school has used. He said UNR will reach out to certain counties in the state “to get all of the will-be seniors in high school and evaluate every transcript.”
The school reaches out to the “admissible” students to let them know the school will accept them.
Research Fellow at the Cato Institute Andrew Gillen believes that direct admissions may be a way for colleges to fulfill enrollment in light of shrinking graduating classes, especially amid growing concerns of a college education’s utility.
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“Every school seems to have a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement about their school . . . yet very little of the college application process has anything to do with equity or diversity or inclusion or any of those concepts,” he said.
Possibly because racial preferences are illegal under SFFA v. Harvard.
Nothing is illegal for leftists. Look at how many have committed crimes up to and including treason and walked away laughing.
In Hollywood and on Broadway, this practice is known as “papering the house.” It’s a two-edged sword:
So when we find out a school is doing this, just publicize it, and watch actual applications tank even faster.
I was in a Portland library today and near me was a high scholl senior who was telling her friend that she was applying to 36 schools. Why? That is like $2000 pissed away. Is it a case of trying to get the best financial aid deal? I required zero aid so applied to one school, got in, and was done with it. I suspect that after she has actually done one application that it will drop to below 5 toot suite.
Is there a list somewhere of honest “educational institutions”?
Yes! Here’s the full list:
I guess the sequitur here is that they won’t be given low—if any—grades either. Just a degree. Presumably they’re also offered free rides.
So, who is paying for this boondoggle? Taxpayers? Soros, Qatar, and China? All of the above? The rake from the casinos?
And all of these “well qualified and motivated” students will undoubtedly get federally guaranteed student loans. That’s a win-lose for the school-student. But don’t worry, the loans will get forgiven by the next Democrat admin!