<p>As I said, it is more like the butterfly effect in chaos theory. You go out the door at 8:15 and you get to work, but if you go out the door at 8:16, you die in a car accident. Of course, some people would object to this because they believe in fate. You can also object to it because you don't like to think that life is that fragile ("I won't get killed in a car accident because I'm a careful driver.") It is really a matter of faith and the way you approach life. Some people want to believe that things happen for a reason and that the people in charge are well training and doing a great job. Personally I am not bothered by the concept that an adcom might be in a bad mood because the deli forgot the mustard on his roast beef and then leaning against a borderline candidate. Those 4 or 5 almost identical people that they have to chose between because they only have one slot are really almost identical.</p>
<p>Where did anyone get the idea that the adcoms are highly trained? They are a real mix of people. Some flip between being GC's and adcoms while others are recent graduates from the college. It is a relatively low paying job. I do think that they take their jobs seriously and I don't mean to insult them, but it isn't a job that you specifically train in college for.</p>