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Agreed. </p>
<p>And a lot less fickle than this, from a previous poster. </p>
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<p>Brown, it is hoped…and Harvard, and I expect most schools…hire Admissions Officers who have the professional training to compartmentalize daily mood swings and other arbitrary influences which may unfairly color their assessment of applicants, or otherwise adversely affect their ability to do their jobs. Many professionals in many other walks of life, including doctors, are also trained to do this on a daily basis.</p>
<p>In addition, as a check and balance, we have seen from several citations that Brown and Harvard, at least, have mechanisms in place, such as multiple readers and Committee-level decisions, to minimize whatever small possibility there might be that any single Admissions Officer’s transitory mood swings or other arbitrary emotional issues might affect the decision-making process. </p>
<p>So, to all you impressionable youngsters out there who are under stress to complete your Brown applications by the January 1 deadline, I think you can be confident that your application will receive a thorough, fair, and objective reading by the Brown Board of Admission. </p>
<p>Is it a subjective process? Yes, of course. </p>
<p>Is it worth the effort to make your application as compelling and persuasive as possible, in the expectation that it will get a fair reading?</p>
<p>I expect so.</p>