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<p>It is very hard to vouch for how true that statement is. It is obviously what the people who have to compose the rejection letters love to say. But it is really the same reality in the admissions’ offices? </p>
<p>We all have heard that the first selection among candidates is fast and furious. Do we really have to believe that Princeton agonizes over 10 or 12 ,000 applicants? We also are led to believe that the adcoms do KNOW what they are doing and compose the ideal class according to multiple criteria. </p>
<p>My take? Adcoms do KNOW what they are doing and know why they selected the precise class of the year. The 5 or 6 times is just sugarcoating and lip service. The same lip service that so many traveling adcoms also try to sell on the road when trying to maximize the application pool. And perhaps the same lip service that takes the form of massive waiting lists.</p>
<p>I also happen to think that rejection letters should more factual than syrupy. In the end, the result is the same. Nobody likes a rejection.</p>