Lurking Admissions Officers

newyorker22
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:56:19 +0000

My guess would be that AOs don’t have the time or interest to look on here to try to figure out who is who, or whether they should accept a candidate based on something they may have posted. But I do think that AOs come on here to get a feel for what people are talking about. After all, this is their field, their business, and they are “marketers” who are trying to increase their school’s visibility, and attract applicants, and right here on CC is a way to get an insight into what their consumer is thinking.

I am a consultant and I come on here just to see what people are discussing, what trends there may be, what people might be having trouble with. But I don’t think anyone bothers to figure out who an individual applicant is.