The DNA sample is the most important component of your application to Huxley University. We pride ourselves in our unique approach to applicant assessment through empirical methods. At Huxley, we understand that the order of your base pairs reveals your individual potential as a future Double Helix. Please register for a College Board sanctioned DNA collection event. Students can begin registering for collection events starting the summer after their freshmen year of high school. At the DNA collection event, a buccal swab is taken by rubbing a cotton swab against the inside of the applicant’s cheek. The cotton swab will then contain the applicant’s precious genome, which will be the analyzed by our admissions geneticists. The characteristics that we are looking to identify are polygenic. Therefore, we will be collecting information from many loci and seeing how the alleles present compile together instead of testing for particular base pairs or a singular allele. An admissions geneticist will not determine whether the samples pass or fail. No numerical grade will be assigned to the samples.
Disclaimer: Your DNA sample is handled in accordance with the Huxley Confidentiality Policy. Only loci proven to correlate with memory, organization, abstraction, critical analysis, and creativity are analyzed to the base pair level.
STEP 2: Basic Aptitude Test (BAT)
The Basic Aptitude Test will be administered in coordination with the DNA collection event. While Huxley's overall goal is to distance ourselves from the ball and chain world of standardized testing, we still must be sure that our students contain a basic set of skills to match your genetic predisposition to being a fantastic learner. In accordance, the BAT is scored on a simple pass/no pass basis. The only information reported to us by the College Board is if an applicant has obtained a score at or above the passing threshold. It is at this point that we are empirically certain that your skill set and genes make the applicant the perfect fit for our school.
STEP 3: Environmental Factors Questionnaire
After the Admissions Office determines the applicant’s DNA sample and BAT score to be proficient, the applicant will receive an invitation to take the Environmental Factors Questionnaire. The questionnaire creates a gene expression profile of the applicant and provides an opportunity for collection of nongenetic data. The purpose of the questions is twofold. We will correlate environmental factors with the applicant’s genome for potentiality of gene expression and we will seek to gain a holistic understanding of the applicant. The questionnaire may be used towards the ultimate determination to accept or reject an applicant in situations that are borderline. Please tell the truth in this questionnaire. It is simply a means of us getting to know who you are through objective methods rather than a subjective interview. We will find out soon enough the whole picture of an applicant so do not push the envelope.