{
  "name": "Who Gets In? Selection Change Tracker",
  "publisher": "Elite Careers Strategy",
  "research_lead": "Hassan Akram",
  "canonical_url": "https://whogetsin.com/",
  "status": "active_verified_changes",
  "baseline": {
    "snapshot_date": "2026-09-12",
    "evidence_dates": [
      "2026-08-30",
      "2026-08-31"
    ],
    "coded_signals": 107,
    "source_register_entries": 71,
    "official_sources_cited_by_signal": 69,
    "register_url": "https://whogetsin.com/register",
    "methodology_url": "https://whogetsin.com/methodology"
  },
  "purpose": "Record verified changes in published elite-selection processes over time without rewriting historical snapshots.",
  "governance": {
    "source_rule": "A change must be evidenced by a retrievable official primary source or explicitly marked unresolved.",
    "historical_rule": "Existing snapshot observations remain versioned history; new evidence does not silently rewrite the past.",
    "absence_rule": "Failure to re-find a published feature does not by itself establish that the institution stopped using it.",
    "causation_rule": "The tracker records published process changes; it does not infer why an institution changed its process unless the source states the reason.",
    "publication_rule": "Only approved changes may be promoted into public findings, reports or comparison pages."
  },
  "change_record_schema": {
    "change_id": "WGI-CHG-YYYY-NNN",
    "institution": "string",
    "market": "string|null",
    "programme_or_route": "string|null",
    "signal_category": "string",
    "previous_signal_ids": [
      "SIG-NNN"
    ],
    "change_type": "added|removed|modified|clarified|source_moved|unresolved",
    "previous_observation": "string|null",
    "new_observation": "string|null",
    "source_id": "SRC-NNN|null",
    "source_url": "string",
    "first_observed": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "verified_on": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "verification_status": "verified|context_only|held|unresolved",
    "evidence_passage": "string|null",
    "reviewed_by": "string",
    "canonical_url": "string"
  },
  "changes": [
    {
      "change_id": "WGI-CHANGE-001",
      "institution": "National University of Singapore (NUS Law)",
      "market": "Singapore",
      "programme_or_route": "LLB undergraduate admissions",
      "signal_category": "written-test-to-interview sequencing",
      "change_type": "modified",
      "previous_signal_ids": [
        "SIG-195"
      ],
      "current_signal_ids": [
        "SIG-196"
      ],
      "previous_observation": "The 2025 NUS Law undergraduate brochure stated that shortlisted applicants were required to sit for a written test and attend a formal interview.",
      "new_observation": "With effect from 2026, only shortlisted applicants successful in the Admissions Written Test are invited to attend the Admissions Interview.",
      "previous_source_id": "SRC-123",
      "current_source_id": "SRC-124",
      "verified_on": "2026-09-13",
      "verification_status": "verified",
      "material_difference": "The written test became a gate to interview rather than a stage that all shortlisted applicants were described as attending alongside the interview.",
      "scope_limit": "This is one institution, one undergraduate Law admissions route and one sequencing feature. It does not establish a wider trend in university or elite selection.",
      "canonical_url": "https://whogetsin.com/questions/what-has-changed-in-elite-selection"
    }
  ],
  "note": "1 verified same-scope before/after pair is promoted. One pair is not evidence of a wider market trend.",
  "current_release": {
    "as_of": "2026-09-27",
    "governed_signals": 1004,
    "official_source_records_minimum": 383,
    "verified_longitudinal_pairs": 1
  }
}