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Admissions Directors Speak Out

The following quotes were clipped from recent news articles regarding the desire and need of colleges to ascertain a student's interest in making admissions decisions.  Check out the recent news coverage for links to the actual articles.

 

"I can tell you we modeled in mathematically, spiritually, humanistically - in a million ways - and nobody knows (how many will come)," William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial aid, Harvard University, Associated Press; April 4, 2008

I know there are students in my applicant pool who last year would have been admitted early-decision to Princeton or to Harvard. Typically, about a third of the students the school admits enroll; this year, who knows? John Latting, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Sun; April 10, 2008

It's been scary, no 'ifs,' 'ands' or 'buts.'" John Blackburn, Dean of Admissions, University of Virginia, Associated Press; April 4, 2008		 "It is hard to know how much is true interest. It was unusual to talk to a student who didn't apply to more than five schools." Barbara Gill, Director of Admissions, University of Maryland College Park, Baltimore Sun; April 10, 2008

After 35 years as dean of admissions at Georgetown University, Charles Deacon has it pretty much down to a science: He knows just how many students to accept to hit the freshman class numbers almost perfectly. Georgetown had a surge of nearly 30 percent in early applications this fall, followed by a record total of applicants -- and little idea of how many students, if admitted, would say yes. "But we can't afford to be wrong," he said. "We have pressure from the neighbors and the zoning commission, enrollment caps -- we can't have too many." The Washington Post; January 26, 2008