Admissions officers at Stony Brook often look beyond grades
Quick ReadRobert Pertusati, the associate dean of admissions at Stony Brook, takes Newsday inside the Admissions process.
Photo credit: Newsday/Mahala Gaylord | Robert Pertusati, Associate Dean and Director of Recruitment for Undergraduate Admissions at Stony Brook University, gives a presentation at Rocky Point High School about how to apply to colleges. (February 24, 2010)
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It is 2:15 p.m. on a Friday in late February. Four Stony Brook University admissions officers stare at a high-school transcript displayed on a screen on the wall of a conference room.
The summary is intriguing: A 97 average at a competitive public high school, and a combined 1130 score on the critical reading and math sections of the SAT.
The student is a "gray" case - an applicant who...
