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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.[/quote]

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response? [/quote]

Why should you have to ask the Dean of Admissions?  Why can’t they just release the same data that every other school does?[/quote]

Well, it just seems like a natural thing to do if you have specific questions. There seems to be a lot of conjecture in this thread and posters saying for a fact that admissions won’t tell you information yet no one has said they have bothered to ask.  Or saying they fly kids in and wine and dine them (when that seems to not be accurate or at the very least not the full picture). Or saying they strong arm kids to commit off the waitlist without any firsthand knowledge of said tactics and other parents acknowledging different schools have called their kids and asked them to commit off the waitlist. It’s just a very confusing picture that being painted here without specific factual information.

I think it’s a natural for previous posters to wonder if you have asked. For example, when looking at schools with my kid, the AO’s would mention in the info sessions the percentage of kids who applied TO. To me, it was much more important to know the percentage of kids applying TO that were actually admitted…so I asked. I would usually pull them aside at the end of the session and just ask. I didnt lament the fact they didn’t come out and tell me directly.  I just asked so I was armed with as much information as possible. (And fyi kid wound up submitting scores to schools anyway).

Just my 2 cents but I don’t think I’m alone.

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That was a lot of words that didn’t answer my question, which is: Why should one *have* to ask for information that every other school releases in its common data set?  [/quote]

You don’t have to ask if you don’t want to. But I suspect you want to know.Some schools gave me stats upfront, some didn’t. I didn’t sweat it; I just asked. Hope that is succinct enough. [/quote]

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