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College admissions deans advise juniors and parents
College deans from five prominent and very different schools – Carnegie Mellon, Yale, the University of California, Bates and The Ohio State University – took to the Lewis Family Auditorium stage on Jan. 12 to share their various approaches to admissions and take questions from an audience of 11th-grade students and parents.
All shared the view that students should ask good questions to discover a school that is a good fit, considering factors far beyond academic programs – including the size of the school, the kinds of students who attend and the atmosphere on campus.
The evening represented a formal introduction to the college process for 11th-grade students and their parents. In recent months, the juniors have been assigned college counselors and have begun meeting with them.
"The objective of this evening is to provide a view of the college process before getting in the weeds," Ransom Everglades Director of College Counseling Marty Elkins said. "We want to start at a higher altitude... We would posit that every student has his own journey through this process to find the right place."
The panelists included Greg Edleman, Director of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Leigh Wiesenburger, Dean of Admission at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine; Derek DuBose, Senior Assistant Director of Admission at The Ohio State University in Columbus; Tim Brunold, Dean of Admission at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; and Debra Johns, Associate Director of Admissions at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
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The evening represented a formal introduction to the college process for 11th-grade students and their parents. In recent months, the juniors have been assigned college counselors and have begun meeting with them.
"The objective of this evening is to provide a view of the college process before getting in the weeds," Ransom Everglades Director of College Counseling Marty Elkins said. "We want to start at a higher altitude... We would posit that every student has his own journey through this process to find the right place."
The panelists included Greg Edleman, Director of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Leigh Wiesenburger, Dean of Admission at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine; Derek DuBose, Senior Assistant Director of Admission at The Ohio State University in Columbus; Tim Brunold, Dean of Admission at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; and Debra Johns, Associate Director of Admissions at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
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