
How Colleges Judge Applications
As you complete the tests, fill out the required forms, and draft the perfect essays, you may wonder: “What do colleges even think about all this? What does it all really mean?” While the requirements placed on students are clear, the things colleges actually care about in an application are more difficult to uncover. In this article, we’ll explore how colleges judge the applications they receive, and how they weigh each portion of an application. Our hope is that if students understand how colleges judge and interpret their applications, they’ll be more confident about the application process as a whole.