Dating and College Admissions

How College Admissions Isn’t Like Dating

September 3, 2017

In highly selective college admissions, interest matters. Colleges want to know that you love them. They want to know that you’ll choose them over any other school. As Meredith Grey told McDreamy in “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Pick me, choose me, love me.” You see, colleges are insecure like that and this …

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Stanford is Tinder and Harvard is OkCupid

January 27, 2014

College admissions can be a lot like dating. If the rejection and deferral rates at a few of the top colleges were compared to dating apps, you’d find that Princeton and Harvard are closer to OkCupid, while Stanford is more of a Tinder or, in the gay community, Grindr. Yes, …

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How College Admissions Isn’t Like Dating

Stanford is Tinder and Harvard is OkCupid