On a gray November morning, stacks of essays sat on an admissions counselor’s desk at a New England liberal arts college. She had already read 60 that week. “I could tell within the first five lines ...

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Admissions officers share common college application red flags, from inauthentic majors to polished essays and exaggerated extracurriculars.

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