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The Stanford Daily article at [Stanford</a> Daily | Office of Undergraduate Admissions expanding to meet rising interest](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/09/28/office-of-undergraduate-admissions-expanding-to-meet-rising-interest/]Stanford”>Office of Undergraduate Admissions expanding to meet rising interest) states the majority of readers were “part-time” in 2012-13, as quoted below:</p>
<p>“Last year, the office employed 28 part-time readers. That number will swell to 38 this year, according to the University’s 2012-13 budget report.”</p>
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With a ~5% acceptance rate and tens of thousands of applicants, the vast majority of accepted students need to have something on their app that WOWs. When I reviewed the RD thread, this pattern was evident in the high correlation with acceptance and ECs/awards that wowed. Apps who had great stats and not much else that really stood out were almost universally rejected, regardless of HS. And apps who had great stats + something else that was noteworthy on a state/national level were usually accepted, regardless of type of HS. Various other factors, such as hook vs non-hook, also had a clear impact; but HS did not have an obvious impact. I realize that this group is not representative of the full app pool. Nevertheless, if name of HS has such a big impact on admissions decisiosn, I’d expect there to be a clear impact among admissions decisions for members of this site that would be noticeable in admission results threads.</p>