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Making the grade: Inside the college admissions process

The case before the admissions panel holed up in a small room at Lehigh University was complex. The applicant had scored 1300 on the verbal and math portions of the SAT, on the low end for the highly selective, private research university in Bethlehem. He had taken only one of the 14 advanced placement courses offered at his high school in New England - not as rigorous of a schedule as Lehigh likes to see. And though he had a strong grade-point average, he received a couple of C's.

Bruce Bunnick (center), director of admissions at Lehigh University, counts the votes of the admission committee as it decides on a student's application. (Ed Hille / Staff Photographer)
Bruce Bunnick (center), director of admissions at Lehigh University, counts the votes of the admission committee as it decides on a student's application. (Ed Hille / Staff Photographer)Read more
    by Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff Writer
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