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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]according to my consultant (who used to do admissions at a top 3). She said it's bc enrollment management analyzes metrics (she wouldn't say specifically but said it's more than just grades) but [b]professors and TAs are involved and so are resident advisors[/b] and that's part of the reason it's getting harder and harder to get in. She also said that going to a non-brand public is better than going to a big name public. [/quote]
Professors - yes
TAs - no
RAs - no

Some schools let students interview applicants, but it's more to make the applicant feel wanted and appreciated. [/quote]

The other metrics would be things like whether you opened their emails, attended their info sessions in town, and so on. You think I'm joking, but I'm not. Colleges are very protective of their yields (yield = percent of kids who matriculate after being offered a spot) because yield figures into all the national rankings. It's not hard for the IT people to pull together these other types of metrics. Colleges want to know you want them before they accept you.

There are other things, like how colleges reqeifht your transcript according to their proprietary, internal weighting systems.

If your consultant can't explain these things, I'd wonder. If you didn't actually ask for clarification, then give her another chance.[/quote]

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