<p>I am surprised to see that an interviewer would have so much power as to determine the applicants subjective score.</p>
<p>Don’t the readers at the admissions office determine the actual score? I was under the impression they simply factor in the information from the interview into their determination of the score?</p>
<p>And for those of you who don’t know:</p>
<p>The way the process at MIT is that they assign a number of 1-5 on subjective and objective criteria, with 5 being the highest. What they then have is a 5 by 5 matrix. (1,1) , (1,2) , (2,1) , (2,2) … all the way to (5,4) , (4,5) , (5,5).</p>
<p>They admit people from each group, with the (5,5) people having the most likely chance of admission.</p>
<p>Now, how they assign these values I have no idea.</p>