<p>My question is: do applicants get pooled into one huge pile or considered in terms of location, and then pitted against competitors from that location or worldwide?</p>
<p>lol, i really don't think anyone here can answer that question.</p>
<p>Wouldn't I like to know.</p>
<p>From what I understand, each regional admissions rep goes through his or her pile, and then presents their favorite candidates to the entire committee.</p>
<p>That seems correct considering there's an officer for each part of the world, like an officer from oceania, one from africa, etc.</p>
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From what I understand, each regional admissions rep goes through his or her pile, and then presents their favorite candidates to the entire committee.
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<p>Amherst works in this manner, and I'm assuming that many other colleges do too.</p>
<p>The regional rep who visited my school told me there were TWO readers, including the regional rep. I'm presuming that then they choose their favorite and present to the committee.</p>
<p>I'm going off by memory here, but I think for the EA pool last year, roughly 800 people were rejected in the EA round. Since there are (I'm estimating here) about 20 or so regional reps, I'm guessing they only didn't take about 40 applications to the committee, since to be deferred, you would need to be presented to the committee first. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Yeah I heard that the regional rep presents you to the committee and then they vote "accepted" "deferred" or "rejected" for EA/ED and "accepted" "waitlisted" or "rejected" for RD.</p>
<p>Since (so far anyway), the bulk of the responses have had to do with the applicants being favorites of the regional reps, does anyone know where one can find a listing of the said regional reps? I'm looking everywhere but I seriosuly can't find anything...Btw, I live in Hollis, New York, 11423. I attend The Mary Louis Academy...I need to contact my regional rep (if we even HAVE one) for undisclosed reasons, but I don't know who he/she is!</p>
<p>SilentRevolution, go to the Yale website yale college admissions page. Click on Contact US at the top of the page. Then, click the link under "To Contact Your Admissions Officer." You will then choose your state and it will give you the e-mal address and name of the admissions rep.</p>
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<li>Go to the Yale website Staff</a> Directory | Contact Us | Office of Undergraduate Admissions</li>
<li>Scroll down</li>
<li>Pick your location and you will see your regional representative.</li>
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<p>In my Yale interview, the alumnus informed me that all of the admissions people sit around a table and present their case for the applicants that they are reviewing and have to convince their peers that the applicant is a good candidate for acceptance to Yale. I am thus guessing that each person is an area coordinator.</p>
<p>I don't think the regional admissions officers just present their favorites. The very obvious rejections may not make it to committee, but I think the bulk of applicants do, even if it's for a 60 second presentation to confirm the person will be rejected. I really don't think it's a favorites thing because a different reader would have a different set of favorites (likely with major overlap) and that would make it to luck of the draw for your reader. My bet is that all reasonably competitive applicants are presented to committee.</p>
<p>What I read in a book about the ivy league (which may be completely outdated) was that the regional officer reads each app from his/her area and decides whether it's highly competitive, competitive, or not competitive. If it's highly competitive or not competitive, it goes to the director for approval for the regional officer's decision. The director either approves or disapproves. If the director agrees with the officer, the decision is final. If not, it goes to the admissions committee along with the "competitive" applications, which account for most of the apps, so most end up at the committee anyway. From there, it is probably voted on. All decisions make it to the director eventually. But this can vary from school to school.</p>
<p>I don't think Yale has a "go to the director" system.</p>
<p>How many regional admission reps are there?</p>
<p>all i know is that you're critiqued by how well you strove for success with the resources in your area. they look at the candidates in context of where you come from, your hs, etc. so a student from east LA high won't be compared to someone who paid 40k a year to go to exeter academy lol</p>
<p>I've heard that they separate the apps into three piles: regular ones, minorities, and legacies, and then they're looked at separately. I think it ends up as a commitee-review kind of thing but they are sorted that way, and you do not compete on a national level - only local. But other than that, I don't really know much.. I'd love to see how it all works though!</p>
<p>That doesn't sound plausible because it leaves out categories for recruited athletes and people on the high end of the science/math/engineering spectrum.</p>
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all i know is that you're critiqued by how well you strove for success with the resources in your area. they look at the candidates in context of where you come from, your hs, etc.
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<p>I have heard this many times from representatives from numerous schools including Harvard, Yale, MIT, Rice, Amherst, and Duke. They all say something a long the lines of "Every applicant is evaluated in context".</p>