DCG posted: " Campus Reform: A liberal arts college in Maryland is
forgoing the traditional application process as it is “all about privilege
and wealth.” According to José A. Bowen, president of Goucher College,
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<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> College abandons
traditional applications, transcripts and test scores are ‘all about
privilege and wealth’
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Campus Reform <http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5902>: A liberal arts
college in Maryland is *forgoing the traditional application process as it
is “all about privilege and wealth.”*
According to José A. Bowen, president of Goucher College, *college
acceptance is no longer based on merit or academic success in high school*.
Beginning next year, *Goucher will become the first college in the nation
to offer students the opportunity to simply submit a two-minute video as
the main part of the application process*, which will still require the
same monetary fee as the traditional application.
“Access to higher education should be about potential and *not just
previous achievement*,” Bowen said in a press release
<http://blogs.goucher.edu/intheloop/6339/goucher-college-first-in-nation-to-launch-video-application-alternative/>
.
In their admissions videos, students will explain in two minutes how they
will thrive and fit in at Goucher. Students will submit videos through the
newly created Goucher Video App
<http://www.goucher.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/video-app> (GVA) and *will
still be required to sign a statement of academic integrity*, submit two
works (one of which must be a graded assignment) from high school, and pay
a $55 application fee.
“There is an inherent risk admitting students without seeing prior high
school course history,” Christopher Wild, an admissions counselor at
Goucher told *Campus Reform*. “However, the GVA does include a graded
writing sample...and additional work from the high school.”
Wild also said that as Goucher classes are different from high school
classes—Goucher classes apparently require students to “analyze” whereas
high school simply tests how well students can “regurgitate content”—the
graded writing sample will be enough to determine a student’s preparedness
for the school.
“With the graded writing sample, we will be able to determine a student’s
preparedness for a Goucher classroom,” Wild said.
The Common Application
<http://www.goucher.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/first-year-students>
process, which allows students submit high school transcripts and letters
of recommendation from advisors and teachers, is still an option. That
application fee is also $55.
However, Bowen says that* sometimes the Common Application process can be
too confusing or discouraging*.
*“For most Americans, applying to college is a giant mystery,”* Bowen told *The
Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/goucher-college-allows-video-applications-without-transcripts-or-test-scores/2014/09/03/5e01f512-3384-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html>*.
“The whole system is broken. Nobody thinks this is a good thing. It’s very
high-stress. *It’s all about privilege and wealth.* I’m convinced we are
leaving talent on the table in this country because the process is so
complicated and stressful. I want to level the playing field.”
According to the college, *Goucher has been “test-optional” since 2007,
meaning applying students were not required to submit either SAT or ACT
scores*.
Students applying to Goucher via video are still eligible for need-based
financial aid. Students who wish to be considered for merit scholarships
will still need to submit a high school transcript with the option of
submitting SAT or ACT test scores.
*Video applications will be judged on the “thoughtfulness of the student’s
response,”* the press release states. Wild confirmed to *Campus Reform*
that the new application will not affect staffing, but will be a “new
process” for Goucher staff to learn.
Goucher College, located north of Baltimore, was also the first college to
require undergraduate students to study abroad.
Last year, Goucher was home to around 1,450 undergraduate students. It
admitted
<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2014/09/new_ticket_to_admission_at_goucher_college_a_two-minute_video.html>
72 percent of its undergraduate applicants.
Video essay? Hey, that worked for Elle Woods
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250494/>(despite her white privilege)!
DCG
*DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/>* | September 14,
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