Anonymous wrote:Are they typically men or women?
Any #s out there reporting this?
Who are the people reading kids' essays and judging them into a pile in less than 10 minutes? What are their qualifications usually?

Why do you care, and what do you wish to do with this info?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s depends on the school. You can view their profiles for the school you are applying to. For example, here is Amherst: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/staff

Thank you for posting this.

Interesting how reading the admissions officers brief profiles affected my view & understanding of Amherst College & reminded me of the overwhelming liberalism of the Pioneer Valley colleges.

It didn't occur to me to check AO profiles but I did suggest that DC submit a literary analysis of a minority author, touching on racism, for their writing sample because there wasn't anything else in the application to indicate cultural as well as academic fit.

Many regional officers at school admission offices are young grads because for big schools there is A LOT of travel involved. The pay for these entry level jobs is also pretty low. I was an admissions intern and an education major and looked for jobs in both after graduation. My teaching salary was a lot higher than what nearby schools were offering for entering admissions officers (regional private university, not my alma mater). This was early 2000’s.

Anonymous wrote:It’s depends on the school. You can view their profiles for the school you are applying to. For example, here is Amherst: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/staff

Two of them have the same favorite quote from Maya Angelou!

Anonymous wrote:Like most industries, the men tend to be at the top with dozens of women doing the day to day.

Yes, exactly. Almost any male could waltz in and get the best roles.

There are a lot of young people and then some old heads who hold on to the job for decades.

And it helps to be a legacy of the school and the right race, too. Got tired of it so started to work myself on the other side and doing the best I ever have.

Like with any job, they get trained and become better with familiarity.

As with a lot of non-profit work, you’ll see some who are supported by wealthy families while they make modest salaries. Agree that some are there for tuition benefits while getting their graduate degrees. Some just love their college and stick around. There’s a tour guide to AO pipeline.

Easy enough to find out who will be reading your app and tailor it to appeal to their interests. Just like any sales pitch you will do better if you know your audience and prepare accordingly.

Anonymous wrote:It’s depends on the school. You can view their profiles for the school you are applying to. For example, here is Amherst: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/staff

These folks are quite different than the AOs whom I have met over the past several decades.

Anonymous wrote:It’s depends on the school. You can view their profiles for the school you are applying to. For example, here is Amherst: https://www.amherst.edu/admission/staff

Thank you for posting this.

Interesting how reading the admissions officers brief profiles affected my view & understanding of Amherst College & reminded me of the overwhelming liberalism of the Pioneer Valley colleges.

Anonymous wrote:Very young
Very progressive

Imagine someone like AOC reviewing most apps and deciding who goes to committee.

I would like to nominate the above for "post of the year".

Very young
Very progressive

Imagine someone like AOC reviewing most apps and deciding who goes to committee.

Anonymous wrote:you can look online. my Type A kid worked some essays for specific regional AOs in mind.

Same. And it worked.

A year ago or so there were some controversial posts about young URM AOs admitting more candidates “like them”. The post was locked but had a lot of truth in it re AOs.

Young, progressive, female, low salary

you can look online. my Type A kid worked some essays for specific regional AOs in mind.

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Anonymous wrote:I think at my state school grad students do essay review for a 2nd job.

So a bachelor's degree is a minimum ??

Why would you need anything more than a bachelor's degree?