Another amusing story, when I was in architecture grad school third year students could be on the admissions committee. Every folder was read by two profs and one student. I was amused by the fact that one prof from a school that generally sent two or three undergrads every year to us, mentioned in every single letter of recommendation which order he would rank the students among those who were applying. The effect ended up being pretty much the opposite of what he intended. I’m sure he was right most of the time, but we all so wanted him to be wrong, we started rooting for the underdogs.