The numerical analysis is only half of the process. The second way we sort each applicant is by the subjective evaluation of the student's application material. The applicants may vary greatly, but Jones explained what the admissions office basically looks for. The key word, as you can see, is initiative because this is the most important characteristic we select for. We try to admit people who take initiative in their lives, who take responsibility for their education.
Many students study hard, get good grades and good scores.
But many of those do it because it is a family expectation or community pressure or a myriad of other reasons. Jones said that an applicant's propensity toward risks also plays a role. We want to select people who are not only planning to succeed, but who are not afraid to fail. When a person takes initiative in life, they learn resilience as a result because taking initiative ensures risk and risk leads to failure as often as it leads to success. But the nature of the activities can be anything.