Ever wondered what the college admissions office thought about you and your application? Well, there might be a way for you find out.
Students at Stanford have requested access to their college admissions files under Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The act forces schools to allow students access to their own records, which include the admissions process files.
The Fountain Hopper, an anonymous website at Stanford, encouraged students to send in requests and approximates that 700 students have sent in requests. This has been for those students but will likely not allow rejected students to see their files, as FERPA requests will likely only be honored for students who were admitted, according to a Buzzfeed article on the requests.
Here's a New York Times article on the movement in Stanford while here is the Fountain Hopper's instructions to Stanford students.
