<p>Just to give you some information I obtained … </p>
<p>I’ve read in a book entitled, “Untangling the Ivy League 2006,” that each regional director reads an application, then decides whether the applicant is either exceptional, competitive, or uncompetitive. If one is exceptional or uncompetitive, his/her application gets sent directly to Dean of Admissions (in this case, Dean Stetson), who decides either to accept the exceptional applicant or reject the uncompetitive one. If the Dean can’t decide, then the application gets sent to the Admissions Committee that also reviews the competitive applicants who never made their direct path to the Dean. Then, of course, you are either accepted, deferred, or rejected. </p>
<p>The book also states, “Competition is growing, and rates of admission are dropping at such a pace that if many current seniors at Ivy League schools (who applied just four years ago) were to reapply, they would not be accepted.”</p>