College admissions officers from the Ivies to state schools discuss their inexact methodology that determines whether a student is admitted or rejected.
All in all, we’re less selective than some of the elite schools or the Ivy League. But there are still some factors out of an applicant’s hands. One night, I got food poisoning at a restaurant in Buffalo. The next day, I rejected all the Buffalo applications. I couldn’t stomach reading them.- Current admissions officer, state university in the Northeast
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