How are decisions made?
The Freshman Admissions Committee devotes substantial time and resources to the evaluation of applications for each freshman class. Each application is read by a regional admissions counselor and then routed to the director of admissions or to the faculty and students for evaluation. All of these evaluations conclude with a written summary of the file. At this point, either a final decision is made based on these evaluations or the application is further considered by a committee made up of admissions staff, faculty, and students before a final decision is made.
A. Decisions are based on the application as a whole. We play close attention to a candidate’s academic profile, the quality of the personal statement and academic reference. We do not normally interview candidates. Each year we have a significantly greater number of applications than we have places available. Therefore just because you have been predicted the A level, IB or other grades we normally ask for does not of itself mean that we will make you an offer. The selection process for Access/Foundation students has an additional component that is dealt with in a separate section.
