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Summer05
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Any college admissions counselors out there?
I am thinking of applying for a few jobs as admissions counselors and was wondering how you like it and what you do on a day to day basis?
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
FM
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| Posted 6/1/06 11:16 AM |
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2Pisces
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I work in college admissions....I LOVE my job. 
FM me any questions.
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| Posted 6/1/06 12:27 PM |
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Shanti
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I worked in Admissions for 4 years -- and met the two previous posters through my job (both are AWESOME!). FM with any questions.
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| Posted 6/1/06 12:33 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I was in admissions as well- FM if you have any questions.
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| Posted 6/1/06 4:20 PM |
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JenniferEver
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
What do you need to get into this?
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| Posted 6/1/06 7:49 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by marymoon
What do you need to get into this?
Most of the people we hire straight from college have experience working in Admissions as an undergrad. or were a tour guide as an undergrad. Even our entry-level jobs ask for 3-5 years experience, but they will count undergrad. work for entry-level. Everyone we have hired lately hold master's degrees, but I think that is partly that many of the people with master's in counseling wind up not being able to find placements, so most of our newest counselors have that degree.
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| Posted 6/1/06 7:53 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I would love this as a job as well. I interviewed a long time ago at a college however, it was more like an "Open House".
Out of about 25 of us I think they selected two people.
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| Posted 6/1/06 7:53 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by lvdolphins
I would love this as a job as well. I interviewed a long time ago at a college however, it was more like an "Open House".
Out of about 25 of us I think they selected two people.
That sounds really odd. I work at a public university and they always post jobs as they come along, but we usually get over 100 applicants for each job. I've been on a few hiring committees lately, and we put resumes into piles--no experience in higher ed., some experience, a lot of experience...First round we interview 6 people by a committee (usually 6 people on a committee), second round bring back 3.
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JenniferEver
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I did a lot of work in college access in HS, so maybe that would count as experience.
I can't tear myself away form academia, it seems.
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| Posted 6/1/06 7:55 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
One thing I will add--there is a lot of turnover at the lower level positions, because it usually involves a lot of travel and driving to all different high schools. People I know doing out of state travel and international recruiting are trying to get out of admissions to be at home more with their spouses or family. I've been in my job long enough so that I don't have to travel as much (I've also changed job responsibilities from when I started), but when I started it was days or weeks at a time. It's usually a young, fun atmosphere though, and for the most part working with the students is nice.
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| Posted 6/1/06 7:58 PM |
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MsG
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:04 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by MsG
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
 Awwww G you never imagined how sucky your jobs would be where we are though, did you?
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:09 PM |
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rafiki
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by MsG
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
hmmmm, not sure I would agree with your last statment. i work at an ivy league school and it *****!!!
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:32 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by rafiki
Posted by MsG
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
hmmmm, not sure I would agree with your last statment. i work at an ivy league school and it *****!!!
RAFIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:33 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by rafiki
Posted by MsG
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
hmmmm, not sure I would agree with your last statment. i work at an ivy league school and it *****!!!
i worked at an ivy, and now at a state, and the worse the college is, the more pressure there is to bring in the numbers. the better the school the less you have to worry about making target. maybe about how good the applicants are, but many schools worry about making the numbers they need to keep them afloat.
does admissions everywhere just suk?
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mrswask
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by nov04libride
does admissions everywhere just suk?
I think that's a pretty accurate statement - can be fun, but the nature of the job!
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:36 PM |
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rafiki
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by nov04libride
Posted by rafiki
Posted by MsG
I was a graduate school admissions person, and now I am an undergrad/grad, and I can say this for sure:
the suckier the college- the suckier the job.
hmmmm, not sure I would agree with your last statment. i work at an ivy league school and it *****!!!
i worked at an ivy, and now at a state, and the worse the college is, the more pressure there is to bring in the numbers. the better the school the less you have to worry about making target. maybe about how good the applicants are, but many schools worry about making the numbers they need to keep them afloat.
does admissions everywhere just suk?
we worry about hitting target every year as we are tuition driven! i think it's just the nature of the beast of admissions!! 
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:39 PM |
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rafiki
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
HOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:40 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
Posted by rafiki
Would that be Hola? Or Holla?
HOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You finally gonna start posting, beyotch?
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:43 PM |
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rafiki
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Re: Any college admissions counselors out there?
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Posted by rafiki
Would that be Hola? Or Holla?
HOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You finally gonna start posting, beyotch?
Sure. Guess what I thought of today....PERCY
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| Posted 6/1/06 8:47 PM |
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