<p>Good job as adcom? Now, that is a topic I haven’t really considered before. I would think for some schools a “good job” would be just filling in the class profile, so many URMs, so many History majors, so many kids for the dart team… purely, almost a “Hey, I still have slot open for a Nerf Herder!” idea.</p>
<p>But I think Mammall is on the right track, as are some others too. Just like undergrad adcoms will review prospectives SATs, ACTs, GPAs, the quality of the applicant to graduate school will be somewhere in the stats - clearly reflective of the adcom’s nod four or five years earlier. </p>
<p>I think I would love to be an adcom for about 3-5 years. How great would that be to read those essays, rejoice in the kids’ terrific stats, laugh (up my sleeve?) at the nationally ranked volleyball player with a SAT score less than 1000 (who will be admitted to our neuroscience program). Anyway, it would be a neat-o job, at least for a little while.</p>