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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I know you don't want to reveal the college but given the stats you mention in your opener, I'd say it was a bit of a crappy school, maybe 3rd or 4th tier.

I don't know that the admissions office practices of such a place are as helpful as knowing the practices of the more competitive schools, in that you should always aim high and fall on a lower branch, not aim low and fall on the ground.[/quote]

It is not a 3rd or 4th tier school. You should take a look at Stanford's own pool and see how many applicants come from the lower end (and how few are taken): http://admission.stanford.edu/basics/selection/profile.html

[quote]You don't mention recalculating GPAs at all. That's insane if you are getting apps from DMV.

Are you feeling marginalized at work? Is they why you've come here to invited these people to worship at your alter of knowledge?[/quote]

I thought that was obvious given that it is my perspective at one office. No one should take it to be indicative of every single admissions office at an elite college. I just thought it would be nice to answer some questions that people have. Also, we don't recalculate GPAs on a particular scale, but we know from past history which GPAs are particularly on the low end for each school (listed in the profile we create for each school).[/quote]  Admissions offices are up to their necks in finalizing the regular decision pool at the top tier colleges.  The fact that you have time to come on DCUM during the middle of the day screams lack of credibility.  Folks, I think we have a poser here--a knowledgable poser but still a poser.  A top tier admissions officer would not have the time to play around on DCUM with admissions decisions a mere days in some cases (MIT) or weeks (Ivy's). [/quote]

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