<p>The adcoms say this is the order of importance: (1) transcript review, (2) resume, (3) essays, (4) test scores, (5) recommendations, (6) everything else.</p>
<p>What I meant by “don’t stalk” is that it is fine to e-mail your admissions rep a few times with questions, but don’t e-mail and call every day or even once a week. They have very busy jobs, just respect that.</p>