The Game: A Guide to Elite College Admissions

3 Lies Admissions Officers Love to Tell


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In this episode, we reveal three common pieces of misinformation that admissions officers so often convey to applicants and their families, breeding a false sense of complacency and a dangerously naive view of admissions at top colleges. In particular, we cover:

  • how applications are actually reviewed, with many being discarded long before they are given a “holistic review” as admissions officers purport
  • the great myth of “test optional,” or that students failing to submit strong scores are not at a disadvantage
  • how the limitations of students’ high schools––such as lacking course offerings, missing high-value extracurriculars, or issues such as grade deflation––can be penalized by admissions officers if students don’t take the initiative to overcome them


Finally, we emphasize the importance of understanding admissions at the most selective colleges is not about sugarcoated notions of fairness or “having done enough”; rather, it is a fierce competition that rewards those willing to maximize their candidacy to the greatest possible extent and do “whatever it takes.”


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