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Data Mining and Revenue Management Methodologies in College Admissions

By Surya Rebbapragada, Amit Basu, John Semple
Communications of the ACM, April 2010, Vol. 53 No. 4, Pages 128-133
10.1145/1721654.1721690
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The competition for college admissions is getting fiercer each year with most colleges receiving record number of applications and hence becoming increasingly selective. The admissions process is extremely stressful and unpredictable to both students and their parents.

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March 30, 2010 06:56

When the first step is like this, the second step may be hiring a robot teacher...

Arvind Punj

December 27, 2015 06:21

It is unclear if more than expected 3.25 score candidates accept, then the chances of giving admission to higher GPA or score candidates may go down how does the model adjust may be better to publish more bids table instances to clear this up

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