How are admissions actually reviewed?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Minnesota
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<p>I know that each college has its own admissions requirements, so do applications go straight to the colleges once they're completed? Or is there just one board of people for all applications, maybe with one person from each college? Is the board comprised of like, 10 people, or just 2? I wonder how many applications they go through in a day? What do they do if they disagree? Do they have all of your materials in paper, or are they looking at a computer screen? Etc etc etc...I could go on with these for days, haha. </p>

<p>I don't really expect anyone to have these answers, but if you know anything about it, please tell! I'm very curious.</p>

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<p>I’ve always wondered what happens when they get our applications. Do they look at it in one day and decide? or do they take more than one look at the app?</p>

<p>they should do a “behind the scenes: what REALLY happens in the admissions office” haha</p>

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<p>Most major colleges have an admissions rubric that gives point values to each applicant based on their qualities or accomplishments. For example, you’d get a certain number of points if your GPA was 3.75-4.00, for being a URM, for being a scholarship athlete, for your ACT score, etc. If you get enough points, you’re in. (Interestingly, the University of Michigan was forced to produce their “grading rubric” as evidence in the Gratz and Hamacher / Grutter v. The Regents of the University of Michigan case. My AP Gov teacher printed it up and showed us (I can’t find it online right now). You needed 100 points to get in. Shockingly, you got 20 points for being a URM and 12 for a perfect SAT score.)</p>

<p>I’m guessing most big schools do something like this. Maybe Minnesota doesn’t make the final decision based on the numbers, but they could be a factor.</p>

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<p>Since they admit so many students its likely that the criteria is loosely defined</p>

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<p>Yeah…I’m not as interested in what criteria they use, though! I just want to know who “they” really is. </p>

<p>That’s interesting though, danmam. I wouldn’t have guessed that they used some sort of rubric. It seems a lot more calculative than I would expect. Thanks for the info! =)</p>

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<p>My friend got rejected, and on his letter it said that over 30,000 people applied this year for about 6000 spots. Reviewing that many is tough to do on a case by case basis, so there’s gotta be some sort of rubric to sort things out. Maybe it’s not as cut and dried as “100 points you’re in, 99 points you’re out” though.</p>