"The Admissions Committee meets one day in both December and January and for a weeklong “retreat” in early February. At both the December and January meetings, the Committee reviews a limited number of Arkansas resident applicants for possible “early acceptance”. At the December meeting, the Committee also screens all non-Arkansas resident applicants to determine who will be invited for faculty interviews in January and be considered in February for possible admission.
The primary work of the Admissions Committee is conducted at its week-long “retreat” in early February. Each of the fifteen committee members reviews each of the 375-430 applications. After considering all facets of the application discussed in this document, each committee member rates each applicant on a scale of 1.0 to 7.0, with 1.0 being low and 7.0 being high. All 15 committee member ratings are totaled and then divided by 15 to arrive at a composite ranking of all applicant scores. Following the conclusion of the retreat on Thursday, the Admissions Committee meets with the Dean on Friday to finalize the Acceptance List, the Alternate List, and determines the maximum number of non-Arkansas residents who may be admitted. At this meeting, the Assistant Dean of Admissions provides reports to the Admissions Committee to ensure the final decisions reached by the Admissions Committee comply with Arkansas legislative mandates, i.e., congressional district quotas and limits on the number of non-Arkansas residents who may matriculate.
Except for the small number of Arkansas resident applicants who are offered early acceptances in December and January, letters are mailed to all applicants by the end of February advising them as to whether they have been accepted for admission, placed on the Alternate List, or not accepted for admission."
-Admissions Committee Policies and Guidelines
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