admissions是什么意思？

Admissions officers read every personal statement that arrives.

According to college folklore, a well-turned essay has the power to seduce (诱惑) an admissions committee.

But things change fast in the nail-biting world of college admissions

In the 1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee was content to ask for a sample of applicants'chool papers to assess their writing ability

Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of "don'ts" in essay writing is much longer than the "dos

I was in college admissions for 10 years.

Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay

According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges say the essay is of "considerable importance" in judging an application.

One recent change in college admissions is that selective colleges and universities have moved the traditional deadline to earlier dates

Applicants and their parents are said to believe that the personal essay can sway the admissions committee.