who is my admissions officer?

etondad
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:33:02 +0000

WCU, that is what I gather too. However, I have been told–not sure if this is true, however, that the Dean and Director try to attend the small committees–they do not vote on them but they act as a check that the committees are using roughly the same criteria and are otherwise similar in applicant strength. At the full committee each member has a vote and the Director and Dean have the same voting power as any other member–no “Dean’s choices” and no “vetoes”. Those candidates who are flagged-- athletes, particularly strong musicians, artists, mathematicians (etc), legacy and “development cases” are noted by the Ad Com–in the case of athletes, the admissions liaison with athletics has been in communication with the coaches as to their “tips” . (Math I have been told has much the same–in that the ad com doesn’t feel qualified to judge real pure math talent and the department has a list of their “stars.” (check the math 55 roster–although not everyone in 55 is a “star”, all “stars” are either in 55 or as with one boy this year, was invited to skip 55 altogether…)
The committee ends its deliberations slightly more than a week before the deadline (which surprised me) and spends the last week checking over to make sure no mistakes have been made.