<p>Unless things have changed recently, Brown does a “docket review.” After all decisions are made, but before they are sent out, someone goes through the decisions school by high school. Rarely–but sometimes–results are changed. In other words, Brown might look at 5 students who applied ED from the same high school. It looks at the results. Then there is a “gut” review as to “fairness.” If it seems unfair that student X was admitted but Y was not because Y seems to be the stronger candidate, Y may be admitted…or X’s yes will be changed to a no. </p>
<p>As I said, changes are rare, but happen…or at least did a decade ago when I followed this type of thing more closely. The docket review is NOT done by the regional admissions officer and is designed to be a check against personal bias.</p>