Admissions Committee?
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Anonymous
| I’m curious who actually makes these admissions decisions? Particularly at the more well known schools in DC? It seems like such a big process especially if vetted through many people. |
Anonymous
| Admissions Director, several other members of admissions department, division heads, long time faculty members, board members, student body president, neighbors of the school, frequent DCUM posters, Obama, etc. are just a few of the people who are on admissions committees usually. |
Anonymous
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PP, best reply ever.
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Anonymous
| Why did a question mark come up? I meant to put in a laughing face... |
Anonymous
| Have private school admissions committees already met and make decisions? |
Anonymous
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Let's not forget that if the school is GDS, it also includes several members of the admissions department at Harvard.
(Kidding.) |
Anonymous
| But when do they meet? |
Anonymous
| The process is over now. Decisions have been made. They are now putting financial aid packages packages together and doing their due diligence. |
Anonymous
+100 |
Anonymous
For both the Feb 23 and March 2nd schools? |
Anonymous
Would you please explain the use of this trite expression in this context? |
Anonymous
| What? This is all the truth. |
Anonymous
| Due diligence isn’t a trite phrase. It is a term that has meaning. |
Anonymous
The Catholic schools (2/22) have made their decisions. The Privates (3/2) still have a little work to do, such as determining how many to accept to get the correct yield or between a few remaining candidates. |
Anonymous
NP. Agreed, however the use of "due" isn't really appropriate unless there's a legal standard that you're trying to evidence compliance with (e.g., an underwriter in a securities offering where you need to prove that you've met a specific legal standard of care to have a statutory defense to liability). So in the context it's being used here, it really is a trite phrase. |