Suprise Acceptance Stories?

vicariousparent
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:04:28 +0000

Well some “surprise rejections” no doubt are the consequence of the “strategic admissions” strategy in which a college decides that an applicant is, for some reason or other, not likely to enroll if admitted. The research paper on “revealed preference rankings” shows how even some top name schools (including ivies) seem to employ strategic admissions.