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[quote=Anonymous]Let’s be clear holistic does not mean we are searching for the shining soul who speaks beyond their scores. Holistic means we don’t have you to tell you what data points are in and against your favor. It’s complex as the models will differ by zip code, school, demographics of the students. This is why you can no longer predict that if a wealthy white or Asian person moves to a low performing school district then they will do better in admissions than if they had stayed in their high performing school.

As to what is driving the models , its institutional viability and success.

1. Rankings matter to schools and if the rankings give points for low income, 1 st gen, URM , or people with purple hair then you better believe these systems will find proxy measures to jump over a more qualified candidate to get one who meets that need.

2. Student success, graduation rate, and overall cost of the student. Let’s say that in the past five years a high percentage of students from your high school washed out of engineering and ended up in a business major. Your kid coming along might be an amazing engineer but he isn’t getting into that school for an engineering major. The AO doesn’t know this but the enrollment management system does.

3. State incentives. Different states have different incentives. Social mobility, rural, Hispanic serving designation etc. These can have a substantial impact on who is getting admitted.

4. Yield. Again pattern matching against previous admits with similar characteristics.

5. Money. How you are going to pay makes a difference but you can’t predict how that plays out in or against your favor based on your zip code, major, past students, types of ECs etc. [/quote]

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