<p>lets look ar harvard.</p>
<p>they start deliberations on 11/17 and end on 12/9, except for the select 5-10 cases they mull over until the 15th.</p>
<p>so 4000 applicants and 17 business days, working 8 hours a day, which means about 136 hours.</p>
<p>So about 136/4000 hours per person, which means about .034 hours per applicant</p>
<p>.034 hours multiplied by 60 minutes in a hour= a grand total of 2.04 minutes per applicant.</p>
<p>Obviously with only 2.04 minutes a candidate average,</p>
<p>THEY MUST BE DOING SOME KIND OF EXPEIDENT DIFFERENTIATION</p>