<p>Holding up? I will get back to you on that when I start holding</p>
<p>up…that is…</p>
<p>they’re e-mailing everyone on the 15th. i got into another school and contacted them about getting the decision before that school’s deadline, and i got an e-mail back saying i’d get an e-mail on the 15th. am i just confirming what we already know, or was that new information to anyone?</p>
<p>Their official previous stance was that they would notify no later than the 15th, so I guess that means the 15th. Are you sure they didn’t say that they would send the letters out no later than the 15th?</p>
<p>Can we request that our decisions be sent slightly earlier? Perhaps on May 10 or 11?</p>
<p>Do you think missing the word “of” in the very first sentence of the essay is going to hurt me a lot</p>
<p>I also found 2 more grammar errors in the supplemental forms</p>
<p>no it wont</p>
<p>no, they won’t tell you before then. as i mentioned, i e-mailed them asking if they could let me know sooner, as i have to answer the other school before the deadline. they said they were sorry, they couldn’t let me know any earlier than the 15th, but that they would send an e-mail on the 15th.</p>
<p>does anyone actually know how the evaluation process is working.. </p>
<p>How many people are involved in the application evaluation? I assume such decisions are not taken by one person. I wonder how the decisions are made. Is there some kind of score system so everyone has to put a score for essay, supplementals and then they calculate the total and lets say the highest 20 or 30 (depending on the availability of the transfer positions) get accepted?</p>
<p>Does the admission committee gets together in one big room and starts going through all of the applications ? Do they discuss the each applicant? </p>
<p>I find it very interesting, does anybody has “inside” info :)</p>
<p>Well this is just hearsay but I <em>think</em> the process goes like this.</p>
<p>Two people read over every application and divide them into three piles: Rejections, Consideration, and Strong consideration (I made up the names but its in that vein).</p>
<p>Rejections (the bigger of the three piles) are out of the game at this point. The Strong considerations go to the head admissions guy for approval/review.</p>
<p>And the consideration pile goes to a committee. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that this is a badly remembered summary of another post somewhere on this board…Might even be for Yale lol.</p>
<p>So is each person “authorized” to place your application in the “rejection” pile? Or only when both of them agree they can reject</p>
<p>I hope to get at least to the committee review :)</p>
<p>How much does a connection to Stanford (relative went, donated, etc.) count in terms of getting in?</p>
<p>another question.. I have been attending 4 different schools within the last 10 years.</p>
<p>one in my home country university (3 years) and 3 in the US - I went to Community College 1 (3 years) , Community College 2 (0.5 year - 1 semester) and University ( 1 semester)</p>
<p>Though on my transfer application I am using only home country university (3 years) and US Community College 1 (3 years)</p>
<p>This is 6 years of combined school. I think, should be enough to prove my strong performance.</p>
<p>Can I omit my last couple of schools (it is only 2 semesters), I got really sick during the last year and it affected my records.. my performance was a lot worst then the average for the last 6 years.</p>
<p>If I do not send the transcripts from the last 2 schools will that hurt me badly</p>
<p>bestdev: I think it will hurt you that you did not send in transcripts from your last two schools. Unless you have a very compelling reason why you didn’t send in those transcripts, the adcoms will suspect something is up. I know this because I asked several times if I had to send in all transcripts. The repeated answer was, “Yes, you absolutely must send in all transcripts.” I didn’t want to send in one of mine because I had a 3.61 gpa at an unaccredited Christian college. I’ve had a 4.0 gpa elsewhere. Good luck. Maybe, just maybe they will overlook your fault.</p>
<p>If they find out… Yes. If they don’t… No.</p>
<p>Additionally, if you’re talking about your most recent academic history they’ll be particularly interested in your recent “academic break.”</p>
<p>I do not mind to send them these transcripts I would have to attach the explanation letter</p>
<p>ok.. today UC Berkeley posted their admissions. I was not accepted. And the acceptance rate was 26%.. should I give up on Stanford where the acceptance rate is 1.5% ??</p>
<p>Berkeley’s admission rate was 26%? Holy vishnu.</p>
<p>no one answered my question :(</p>