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<p>Reiterate all you like. It doesn’t make it so. </p>
<p>Admissions decisions at the most selective colleges are not made without a method, or based only on the admissions officers’ whim. They are based on a lot of factors, including but not limited to applicants’ transcripts, their standardized test scores, their teacher recommendations, their extracurricular skills and accomplishments, and the college’s needs that particular year. There are so many factors that the basis for their decisions may seem incomprehensible to outsiders, but that doesn’t mean the process is arbitrary.</p>