Does Admissions strike entire schools from consideration?

shawnspencer
Fri, 30 May 2014 04:50:48 +0000

No, almost never, unless the school itself in unaccredited. It just shows as the admissions committee often likes to say “the strength of the applicant pool.” Perhaps they were more important factors, such as what they are looking for in students. This was a similar case in my school where a student had not been accepted to UPenn for several years, yet were accepted to schools like Yale and other top LACs. It may depend on department as well. Upenn for instance is very well known for wharton, possibly explaining the difficulty of getting in.