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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with 22:07. I will say that college admissions offices are populated by human beings, and those human beings can get familiar with schools as a regional rep or as committee members. A change in admissions officers can change up results a bit. For example, Princeton had a very famous head of admissions who was there for 15 years. When he retired, it probably did affect how many people got into Princeton from some of the local schools. Yale has a regional admissions officer who has been there for decades. She is excruciatingly familiar with the DC independent schools down the level of who is a tough grader at School X or School Y. When she retires there may be a small change as well. This is just to give another reason why it would be a mistake to pick a certain school thinking they have an "in" at one or two colleges. Even if true (and often not) to any degree, that can change with personnel changes in the admissions office.[/quote]
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