How Admission Decisions Are Made: An Introduction Santa Fe NM

How Admission Decisions Are Made: An Introduction

This may come as a surprise, but a dmission decisions aren’t made by tossing applications down the stairwell and accepting those students whose folders reach the bottom step. It’s more like chefs with big mixing bowls — and you’re responsible for providing the right ingredients. Admission professionals are looking for the right students to ensure a great outcome for everyone involved, so they take this part of their jobs very seriously. They strive to be as fair and thorough as possible, but with all the factors involved in making a decision, it may seem sometimes that the results are unpredictable. However, that’s not the case.

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As with any recipe, you have to start by gathering all your ingredients — and by ingredients, we mean paperwork! Everything that you and your high school (and anyone else) sends to each school is filed into a folder with your name on it. Every scrap of paper which bears your name, from supplemental essays to phone message slips to thank you notes, is likely to end up there. Then, each folder is read carefully — so long as it’s complete. If it isn’t, it will stay on the figurative shelf to collect dust, and you’ll be wondering why no one has gotten back to you.

Who exactly will be looking over these folders? At small schools, the entire admission staff may evaluate your application at great length.

Author: Amy Ambler

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