What happens to your application after its submitted?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>How does Stanford go about reviewing your application? Do they actually make a paper copy? Do they sit down in groups? Is your entire application viewed by one person or by different people? Do they have regional officers? Do they compare you with other students from your school?</p>

<p>Does anyone have any insight as to how Stanford admissions work?</p>

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<p>yes .</p>

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<p>Also does anyone know if they look at your application once you submit it or do they wait until after the Nov. 1st deadline?</p>

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<p>I've seen the minutes from a presentation by Rick Shaw (director of admissions) and the powerpoint from this presentation. </p>

<p>I don't think they do a paper copy; they've mentioned that's it's all computerized. Paper apps are scanned.</p>

<p>One of the reforms that Rick Shaw implemented was to move the process to a committee-based one. I assume that each app is seen by at least two committees; one run by a regional rep and the final committee with Shaw at the head. I don't know if they compare with students from each school.</p>

<p>Sorry, but I lost the original links that these papers came from.</p>

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How does Stanford go about reviewing your application? Do they actually make a paper copy? Do they sit down in groups? Is your entire application viewed by one person or by different people? Do they have regional officers? Do they compare you with other students from your school?

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I hear they print out all of the applications and take the pile to the top of a large staircase. All of the admissions officers stand below. Any application caught before touching the ground goes into the accepted pile. One-handed catches get scholarships, and ones that are caught as they touch the ground are deferrals.</p>

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<p>Rofl jimmy!</p>

<p>In seriousness, they do it all on computer. My regional advisor said that she'd be reading apps at home all night and day...</p>

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<p>Aw man.. they read these at home? I thought like, and adcom sits around a table and all look at your file or something.</p>

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<p>that would definitely explain last year's admissions. ;)</p>