<p>poor is too subjective. I need a concrete answer to what "poor" is :p</p>
<p>walking into an interview with a cigarette is wise</p>
<p>wise if the founder of the cigarette company the cigarette comes from is an alum of the college!!! :D</p>
<p>colleges hate usnews but can't do anything abt it</p>
<p>false...they like it. It's beneficial to them :D</p>
<p>e-mailing adcoms too much can be a bad thing</p>
<p>true.... overdo it and they'll probably label ur emails as spam lol</p>
<p>some colleges deliberately send thin acceptance letters to fool applicants! (the rest of the stuff comes in another mail)</p>
<p>false...:eek:</p>
<p>adcoms eat while making admission decisions</p>
<p>true... "so.. umm bwat mm d'u mbake of this (crunch) applicand?"</p>
<p>adcoms are a depressed lot</p>
<p>True. Humans are a depressed lot. Adcoms are humans. Ergo...um...yeah.</p>
<p>There are no quotas for specific races/ethnicities at colleges.</p>
<p>true I'll say :D</p>
<p>a sexy adcom exists</p>
<p>True. I met a few while visiting colleges. (Does this increases my chances at all? Hopefully one of them is reading this comment.)</p>
<p>Adcoms love their jobs.</p>
<p>false/true. I'm sure some love it and others hate it. it's like that in every profession :)</p>
<p>international fin. aid can suck at times</p>
<p>true... most of the time!</p>
<p>once u r accepted, u can beg with the finaid dept for more aid... n they might just give u more</p>
<p>personally i think that no one that is not affiliated to the actual admissions committee should answer any of this b/c how do u know if this is reliable? u could be getting personal assumptions here without any proof</p>
<p>true...but that's def. a might, not a they will always ;)</p>
<p>adcoms read essays word for word</p>
<p>false... no time for tht</p>
<p>adcoms are junk food addicts</p>
<p>some are, some aren't i'd believe</p>
<p>colleges like diversity</p>
<p>true... except in rare cases... like an all women's college don't need gender diversity! :D</p>
<p>big state universities simply use a certain formula to determine admits and rejects</p>
<p>anyone refuting?
personally i think that no one that is not affiliated to the actual admissions committee should answer any of this b/c how do u know if this is reliable? u could be getting personal assumptions here without any proof</p>
<p>^^^^^
I think most of the questions discussed are common knowledge (or just random questions).</p>
<p>true-to a certain extent. The UC's are a good example.</p>
<p>Safeties should be the most important and carefully-chosen colleges on your list.</p>
<p>False. This is CC we are on!</p>
<p>You can know some colleges are good fits for you without visiting their grounds.</p>
<p>To warblersrule86...I agree. Most people underestimate the importance of having a carefully selected safety.</p>
<p>Dualityim...True, but with a lot of opinions and insight from others. However, it is best to visit the campus.</p>
<p>Adcoms are people, too. :)</p>