<p>Kane - I don’t think your interviewer knew what he was talking about. Stiles selection is <em>random</em> - at least as random as any other. (They intentionally choose a mix of kids for each college) .<br>
During bulldog days, an admissions officer told parents that making the selection of a college is the last thing that the admissions does with regard to our kids. There is a computer random “preselection” into 12 colleges, and then the adcoms sift and sort until they are satisfied that each college has a dynamic and interesting mix of students - sort of mini-yales in each. They definitely don’t want all premeds in one or jocks in another.</p>