<p>Who exactly decides if you get accepted to a university or not. Is it just one admissions counselor, or all of them, or what??? Who decides???</p>
<p>its usually a committee. For some cases which are obvious admits or obvious rejects, then one adcom determines the fate of that applicant. But most applicants go before a commitee where their fate is decided by a vote. I suggest you read "The Gatekeepers" by Jacques Steinberg.</p>