How Do You Evaluate an Application?

As the first reader of an application, it's my job to present somewhat of a roadmap of the application. I'm hoping to analyze how gripping a student's essay was or how teacher recommendations are in conversation with topics covered in the essay. This is a student as a really short quip, a pithy little remark at the end of my card that tries to synthesize the really dynamic person that we meet all throughout. It's not the case that if there's something we see in an application, we stop reading it.