CAC,
I'm a current second year at COMP, and also an admissions ambassador at COMP. My goal, and the goal of many other ambassadors is to give our honest opinion of our experiences here at COMP. We are in no way part of the adcom committee, so we represent the students. The best advice I can give you is that when you do interview at COMP, ask the current students their HONEST opinion about the school. I already know how the vast majority of our class feels about COMP. If you or anyone else wants to know, ask more than one or two students just because you may run into one who really hates this school or you may run into one who is naive about this school and says it's the best school in the world, or you may run into me (and many others) who are realistic, honest, but not completely negative and pessimistic about this school. There have been a few here on SDN that have really expressed how they feel about COMP, and all I can say about those people is that they are the type who have difficulty in dealing with situations that are not pleasant to them. I have already heard many of the concerns coming from the 1st year class and that's normal. Not every school is perfect, but it is difficult for me to guage where COMP stands compared to other schools.
Was that just a very random guess? (I'm tickled by the way) As eager as I was to eat my hot In and Out #1 Combo w/ no onions and a Coke... I wanted to stop and see how Dean Lenz's "pitch" to interviewees went and it's kinda fun for me to hang out with interviewees even just for a few minutes. It's always enlightening to see how administration is presenting themselves to applicants/interviewees and I was curious about what sort of things he'd talk about. I remember how encouraging it was to get any sort of verbal/moral support from students on my interview day at COMP. Anyway, hope you'll be getting a nice certified letter soon. My next tour for interviewees is this Thursday.. fun fun fun! 
