<p>Many articles have detailed the number of files an AO reads every day; Here’s one of them: <a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/inside-the-admissions-process-at-george-washington-university/2014/03/22/f86b85fa-aee6-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/inside-the-admissions-process-at-george-washington-university/2014/03/22/f86b85fa-aee6-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html</a></p>
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<p>I’ve just done the math: 40 files per day X 12 minutes per file = 480 minutes divided by 60 minutes = 8 hours a day (not including lunch, bathroom breaks, meetings etc)</p>