Last fall, UW System President Kevin Reilly asked the Board of Regents to implement a ââ?¬Å?holisticââ?¬Â freshman admissions policy at all UW campuses. The policyââ?¬â?which has been used effectively at UW-Madison for yearsââ?¬â?requires admissions officers to consider non-academic factors in evaluating prospective students, while maintaining the primacy of academic factors. Non-academic factors include race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, motivation, leadership qualities and legacy status, among other things.
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