<p>My DC received an email which looked like a generic email merge. It was from the SPS Student Admission Officers, talking about how much they are enjoying learning about the current crop of candidates. My DC is mortified that the current students are reading those highly personal essays.
Is this normal procedure - have students on the AdComm. Do they have full voting rights on the committee. Or perhaps they are being used to do the first pass through.</p>
<p>I received that email as well. I personally think that the students shouldn’t have any involvement in the admission process, as it should be for highly qualified AOs only. This is kind of biased, IMO. Does anyone else know what this is about?</p>
<p>They have student admissions officers (SAOs) who organize tours and tour guides, and read some applications. I don’t think that any school has only one reader for any application, so applications are being read by regular AOs even if they’re also being read by SAOs. </p>
<p>The SAO positions are highly sought after and very competitive. My DD’s big sister is an SAO and she’s terrific. </p>
<p>SAOs are all 6th formers (seniors) so your child wouldn’t be at school next year with a student who had read their application.</p>
<p>Ahhh well in that case it should be fine. At least you have people who are around your age reading your application.</p>
<p>This isn’t uncommon. Concord has senior admissions readers, which is a separate job than tour guide, though the same kids will often do both since one starts when the other ends. Each application is read by at least one senior, one admissions officer, and one faculty member. The seniors can’t take the application folders out of the admissions building. As mentioned above, the seniors will be gone when the applicants are freshmen.</p>