<p>I was wondering if the regional adcom in the California area discusses a student's credentials and background with say the New Jersey adcom. I am curious as to how admission decisions are made because I am curious if the adcoms sit around a round table and read apps while voting on a decision of acceptance.</p>
<p>Why I ask this:
I have spoken to adcoms, who are not my regional adcoms, and have familiarized myself with them to the extent that they would recognize who I was if they were to review my app. But if my state representative were to solely review my application, I believe that I do not share a great bond with him in the purpose of reflecting my my true and interest and conection that I had not only other adcoms but the university itself. So I am just curious with how this proces works, how many review your app, who reviews your app..etc..</p>
<p>Why would you not talk to your regional adcom and talk to others instead?</p>
<p>I'm sure they talk to each other about applicants, but only those who are exceptional or unique in some very unusual or oustanding way, and also those students that they might have significant contact or a personal relatinoship with (could this be your situation? not sure).</p>
<p>I highly doubt it's a single person making the decision, but this might depend on school and volume of applications. The whole point of the adCOM is the com - the committee, which implies that multiple people are involved.</p>
<p>It is because, when I call Duke admissions, they connect me to a random adcom. In addition, I went to boarding school and the adcom who visits my area is from the state I live in, and not the state I go to school in, and thus they do not count as 'the' regional adcom.</p>
<p>ah I see - in this case I think that they would talk to each other - they might even consider you from the state where your permanent address is in rather than the one you attend school in so maybe you're on the right track after all. You should call and double check to see who will be evaluating your app just to make sure. If it turns out to be the other person, just contact both of them :)</p>