Having read way too many grad school application files in my life, I can say that grades and scores are just one measure among many. For example, someone could have super grades from a super school and super scores, but write an essay that does a poor job of linking the applicant's interests with the focus of the program and the applicant may well not be admitted. It's a matching process on numerous dimensions.
Conscienscious admin committee members try to read through all files beyond glancing at the grades and scores. That said, someone from a school we have never heard of with mediocre grades and bad scores is definitely going to have a hard time getting too much of our attention. With hundreds of files to go through, choices need to be made.
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Posted by Orange Ina to academicsecret at 10/07/2006 05:31:59 PM
