Do the BSs talk to each other about applicants and potential good candidates?

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<p>Eureka! I found out the reason why adcoms would want to talk to each other. :)</p>

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<p>Exie don’t bother your time could be better spent elsewhere…</p>

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<p>yeah, I wonder what percentage of Exie’s posts are about dispelling this myth? Without looking, my guess is 20%!</p>

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<p>Thanks DeerfieldSwede. </p>

<p>Point taken.</p>

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<p><<eureka! i=“” found=“” out=“” the=“” reason=“” why=“” adcoms=“” would=“” want=“” to=“” talk=“” each=“” other.=“”>> </eureka!></p>

<p>Yes, I can imagine that a family/outstanding candidate or recurited athlete etc. gaining a couple of acceptances to rivaling or competitive BSs who need FA, may try to play one off the other to up the anti and get more FA. I wonder if this is when the BSs would talk to each other to say enough is enough, we’ve made our final offers,now choose…</p>

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<p>DeerfieldSwede, Welcome back!</p>

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<p>Pulsar, you seem pretty smart–smarter than me. What have you learned about applying on the CC board that you can take with you on your journey? Any lessons learned? I am learning that you need a hook and or/contacts at the schools who can advocate for you.</p>

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<p>Take home from CC: Without a Hook, you are in a Nook! :cool:</p>

<p>Scholwannabe, I don’t think I’m smarter than you. You have got some cool posts. I think you can get the nuggets for admission help by being on CC for a day. Rest is all repetition and rehashing of the old stuff. Remember how some people use their four word vocabulary: fit, self-selection, radar, problem-parent. It gets pretty stale quickly after that. I’m just looking for the next nugget that comes once in a while from someone who thinks out-side-the-box that stumbles onto the scene.</p>

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<p>great, thanks, Pulsar!</p>

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for colleges absolutely not allowed … nothing that could limit the applicants choices of schools or financial aid packages … and I’d certainly think that BS are held to the same standard.</p>

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<p>I can imagine given the size and breadth of the waiting list you will be wished well and told to take it or leave it, or met with stony silence.</p>

<p>Try it at your own risk.</p>

<p>In a word, not likely.</p>

<p>(I really feel for the poor students whose parents are constantly looking for angles to game the system). Financial aid is a gift almost wholly founded by alumni donations, not a entitlements for applicants looking to play schools off each other. There is also nothing to stop a school from withdrawing a letter of acceptance. That too, was a gift.</p>