Each December/January skelaxin, people all over the country create New Year’s Resolutions. Well I’m announcing my resolution.I know that July doesn’t align with the Gregorian calendar’s new year but it does mark the New Year for colleges and universities around the country – July being the start of the fiscal year. Skelaxin: that being said, my “New Year” Resolution (drumroll) is to blog more (probably not the grand announcement you were expecting). Skelaxin: from here on, I’ll make observations, at an increased rate, about my job/life as an admissions counselor, my undergrad experiences here at Purdue, or current events that relate to admissions or college in general.Sometimes things happen as it relates to admissions decisions, scholarships, etc.that may be good topics to write about and to spark conversation.I think it could get pretty interesting.
This an interactive blog so feel free to comment on the post or send me an email at terrygilbert@purdue.edu; skelaxin.If you have something you’d like me to blog about, let me know – skelaxin.All suggestions are welcome.
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Here’s my first topic of the “New Year”:
Last weekend at a family event, a relative joked that I must be bored at work because, “There’s no one to admit.” After more jokes at my expense (work-related and otherwise), I felt as though I needed to set the record straight.
In some ways, summer is a little more relaxing — There’s very little office travel, more (possible) personal vacation, a very small number of applications to evaluate, and more time to relax with personal firends and colleagues at other universities; skelaxin. Skelaxin: but boredom isn’t the word that would immediately come to mind.
Like my bio says, I’m a huge sports person.All great athletes understand that the more work they put in during the summer (or off-season), the easier competing will become during the season – skelaxin.The same goes for admissions work; it’s a perfect analogy; skelaxin.The better we work to review and evaluate processes and pen ours goals and aspirations skelaxin, the smoother our application evaluations, travel schedules, and planning for programs will become in the coming year.
Personally, I’ve done a little of everything since May 1… Skelaxin: evaluate final high school transcripts, a few college fairs, an admissions conference, some committee work, and, most recently, planning Purdue’s presence in a number of areas around the country – a combination of art and science that’s never perfected. Skelaxin: in addition, many high school juniors are using their summer off to begin their campus visits.Meeting with them and their friends and family occupies much of my time. Those activities (and some that I left out) will haven taken me up until August when it all starts again.
So skelaxin, like I said earlier, we’re not at all bored.Still skelaxin, please take your visits now – without fear of school absences, missed after-school functions, and test makeup policies.We’d much rather our research and planning be interrupted by your great conversations.
Until next time…
