Live Admissions Simulator

The Applicants

Meet the Four

Humanities

Hannah

English & International Studies

Class Rank

1st

ACT

APS

She founded a nonprofit theater company, produced and starred in Hamlet, and reached the national semifinals in Shakespeare competition. She also fences, at the club level. The committee has to decide how much a sport counts when it sits fifth on a list this crowded.

Humanities

Julia

Classics and Literature

GPA

3.94

SAT

1390

Rank

—

Her file is Shakespeare competitions, theatre, dance, speech and debate, and a standing Dungeons & Dragons table. The committee has to decide whether a student this specific is the most memorable application in the pile, or the one whose numbers cost her the seat.

STEM

Grace

Mathematics

GPA

4.00

SAT

1570

APs

President of the math team, years of statistics research, and a competitive pianist who performs in senior centers. She is one of many applicants this year with a file that looks close to flawless. The committee has to decide what separates an applicant who is flawless from one who is memorable.

STEM

Nora

Physics

GPA

4.46

SAT

1550

APs

She arrived at physics late, after years of scattering herself across engineering, architecture, and the arts. The committee has to decide whether that range reads as range, or as a student who found her focus a year too late.

*Real applications. Names and identifying details have been changed to protect student privacy, and Northwood Institute of Technology is a fictional university built for this simulation.

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Ninety Minutes

Here's Exactly How the Night Goes.

First 10 min

The Setup

You meet the school, the class it is trying to build, and the two seats actually left.

Next 50 min

The Files

Four officers read four applications out loud and argue. Nothing is scripted.

Next 15 min

The Vote

The room votes. So do you. Then the committee makes its real call.

Last 15 min

Your Questions

Ask anything — about these files, or about your own student's.

The Committee

Four Former Admissions Officers.

Nick

Yale

Read thousands of applications across multiple admissions cycles at Yale and sat on the committee that made final decisions. Ran the on-campus Senior Interviewer program, supervising the Yale undergraduates who met with prospective applicants. Now brings that insider perspective to InGenius Prep families, helping students see their applications the way a Yale reader would.

Bruno

Harvard

Seven years in Harvard admissions, three of them reading thousands of first-year and transfer applications full-time. Supervised the Undergraduate Admissions Council, Campus Tour Guides, and Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program. Now works with InGenius Prep families to shape applications that hold up to the same Harvard standard he once read against.

Zak

Johns Hopkins

Former Director of Admission at Regis College, with earlier years spent reading applications in the admission offices at Bowdoin College, Johns Hopkins, and George Washington. Has evaluated candidates across the full range of selectivity, from small liberal arts colleges to major research universities. Now helps InGenius Prep families understand how a file actually reads from the other side of the desk.

Marianna

Stanford

Read and evaluated applicant files at Stanford across domestic and international territories, with a particular knack for spotting what sets a candidate apart in a crowded pool. Also ran admissions for Teach For America, reading applications and interviewing candidates at every stage of selection. Harvard Law graduate who now helps InGenius Prep students connect what they care about to what a university actually offers.

The School

NIT — Northwood Institute of Technology

Here is what all four applications will be evaluated against.

6.4%

Acceptance Rate

41,800

Applications Received

1,550

First-Year Class

7:1

Student to Faculty

Average Class Size

93%

Employed or in Grad School Within 6 Months

Testing Profile

Middle 50% of the admitted class.

SAT 1500–1560

14001600

ACT 33–35

3036

At a Glance

Undergraduates6,200

Majors offered41

Core curriculumTwo years, required of every student

AthleticsDivision III · 26 varsity programs · 30 club teams

Live Admissions Simulator

Four students. Two spots.You get a vote.

Four students. Two spots.
You get a vote.