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How Colleges Make Admission Decisions.
At most colleges and universities, once your application is complete
and all supporting documents are submitted (transcripts, essays, test
scores, and recommendations) your application will be reviewed carefully
by the college admission officer responsible for your file. If
the officer thinks you should be considered for admission, he/she will
have your application file reviewed by other admission officers or
evaluated by an admission committee. Admission officers and/or
committee members will vote on your acceptance or denial for admission,
elect to defer your application to the regular admission process, or
place you on the student wait-list.
To make their decision, admission officers will evaluate all of your
application materials and will review notes made from contacts with
you during campus visits, interviews, visits to your high school, conversations
at college fairs, telephone conversations, or e-mail correspondence. They
will consider everything they know about you academically and personally.
Some large State colleges and universities with a large number of
applicants may use a less subjective formula for deciding student admission. This
formula usually is based on a combination of student’s GPA, ACT® and/or
SAT® scores, and other important information. At such schools,
one or two admission officers make the decision regarding your acceptance
and only will refer your information to a committee if your qualifications
are “borderline.” |
