What does Harvard do when faced with well-connected applicants who have less-than-ideal SAT scores and GPAs? The school puts them on the Z-List, according to a college admissions coach.
Harvard has a secret tool to let under-qualified but ultra-connected kids into their school without hurting their reputation: the Z-List.
In his practice, Taylor says he sees a client admitted on the Z List roughly every other year — though he estimates they account for a single-digit percentage of the students he works with who get into Harvard. According to Taylor, Cornell exploits a “guaranteed transfer” system in which applicants with sub-par test scores or GPAs are told to do their freshman year of college elsewhere then re-apply.
“I don’t think it’s right that Cornell does that. It’s not fair to their peer institutions,” Taylor said.Columbia University uses its School of General Studies to admit more veterans whose GPAs and test scores do not impact institutional rankings.“These students go somewhere else and are not investing in that first year of college because they know if they just get A’s and B’s that they will be going to Cornell the next year.
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