<p>I was told by a past admissions counselor that colleges, including MIT, do not keep the reader for applicants' application package a secret, and will reveal it upon request.
Is this true?</p>
<p>wow.... its scary to see the extent to which we college applicants are willing to know about the admission process. maybe we do have a few college admission counselors on CC. maybe they don't have restrictions on what to disclose. maybe someone actually knows...
i personally wouldnt bother knowing who reads my application. if i get in, i won't care. if i dont, i wont be in the mood to inquire about this.</p>
<p>It says on the website that 12 people will significantly debate your application, and 2 people write extensive summaries--it doesn't matter who reads it, and no one person can unfairly influence the process.</p>
<p>well 2 peopel can</p>
<p>If you're admitted to and attend MIT, you can request to see your summary card. Some information on this card is whited out before you can see it; I'm not sure if the readers' names are included, but I imagine they are.</p>
<p>I'm just curious -- how could this information be useful?</p>
<p>:) To make your SURE that you weren't actually admitted by mistake?</p>
<p>no while ur applying u could theoretically meet with ur reader. This is what a college advisor at my school told me. I dont think I would do it, but he says it has been done. I guess you can't do this for MIT.</p>
<p>No, you cannot be informed during the process which members of the admissions committee at MIT are reading and summarizing your application.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter who reads your application. This should be obvious. The matter is in many hands and to be admitted it must be a a unanimous decision.
Even if it mattered who read the application and who said and thought what during any debate over it. It doesn't matter, unless you are a stalker. In such case you should not hope for much. There are many more important things to focus one's energy towards.</p>
<p>Yeah, even if you were freaking crazy enough to track down your reader, it wouldn't help you.</p>
<p>Once you get here though, like Mollie said, you can look at your summary card. Also, you can probably stop by admissions and ASK them. No joke, Matt McGann is scary in how well he remembers applications he's read. </p>
<p>I personally have always resisted the not-very-strong urge to figure out who read my application. I work in admissions, I staff the help desk during CPW, I stop by the office to chat with them on a pretty regular basis...and I really do not want to know what they thought of my essays. That's just weird. =)</p>
<p>thanks.
I didn't want to do it myself (I totally agree with you guyz) but I was curious if people actually did it. If I was reading someones application, I would probably view an applicant that contacted me as desperate, bc he doesnt feel he could/should unless he calls.</p>