<p>Stacy,</p>
<p>Do you think you might have fallen victim to an "admissions game." I here the practice is much more common in law school admissions.</p>
<p>This may be of relevance:</p>
<p>nspeds, i'm not sure what you mean by admissions game. if you're talking about yield protection, where people aren't accepted to schools who don't believe that they're going to attend, i doubt it...i expressed my interest in specific Boalt programs, and had a targeted recommendation from a former administrator at Berkeley. i just think that a) they're trying to raise their scores & rankings and b) they give more of a boost to ca residents than i'd thought. </p>
<p>it would've been nice there, but i'm thrilled to be where i am now.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that Boalt, at least, does not yield protect. They go after top applicants aggressively. Most Yale/Stanford admits who applied to Boalt got a yes call within ten days of mailing the application.</p>