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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH worked in admin at a mid-level university for years. They focused on accepting students who were likely to enroll. Applicants with stats beyond the typical profile were unlikely to be admitted unless there was strong demonstrated interest in a specific program or aspect of the school. Yes, they tracked visits , emails and phone calls. A high stat applicant needed to be very engaged to be accepted. If you just fired off a safety application the school sees that for what it is. Everyone has enrollment to manage.

The top tier colleges are a different ballgame.[/quote]

Yes, regarding yield protection...I imagine that a truly earnest lower stat kid will put more work into tailoring the essays, the optional questions including "Why School X", and doing multiple demonstrated interest tasks, towards the desired school vs. a student with higher stats who has done less of that, looks likely to get in elsewhere, and comes from an unlikely to matriculate feeder school or geography.  I'm sure there is tons of datamining math plus informal knowledge on this.

As a recruiter, I once offered an MBA summer internship to an "unlikely to take the offer because too good of a candidate" because he was the best-qualified AND he said he wanted to be in my company's geography because his mother was suffering from cancer AND he definitely wanted to stay in our metro for the summer.  Guess what happened?  Took a job 5 hours away in a different industry and occupational focus for the same pay to "diversify his resume".  But said he'd like to stay in touch due to his post-grad plans to stay local.  Ex-Goldman Sachs analyst.  Bright, charming, and already an accomplished bullshit artist at a young age.  Not sure even whether he had a sick mother after all.

I'm sure admissions officers can triage the b.s. just because of the volume of examples they see.

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