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Signing Off…
Dec. 11, 2007—The title of today’s blog is Signing Off, which has a double meaning for me right now. In our office, our most veteran officers can “sign off” on a decision, which means he/she can officially decision an application (admit, deny, or waitlist). It is the end of an application’s process here at Vanderbilt (well, except...
Headed to Admissions Committee…
Nov. 29, 2007—Well, I just finished reading the last of my ED applications. Whew! We received a few hundred applications more this year for ED than we did last year, and due to technical issues beyond our control, we just started reading those applications right before Thanksgiving. So… it has been a busy couple of weeks to...
Bring on the ED applications!
Nov. 15, 2007—Today is 14 days past the November 1 Early Decision I (EDI) application deadline at Vanderbilt. Students who applied under this decision plan are those who have decided that we are their #1 college choice. These students, their parents, and their guidance counselors have all signed an agreement indicating that they support this decision. These...
Happy Halloween!
Oct. 31, 2007—Wow, I have really been ignoring my blog- oops! I have a great excuse though, really. My last 2 weeks of travel season were very, very busy, and concluded with a weekend at home in FL to be a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. I assumed that when I returned to Nashville (over a week...
October is College-Fair-O-Rama!
Oct. 10, 2007—I’m at my home away from home, the Hartford Airport (technically, my home away from home is the Nashville airport, but I know this place pretty well too), waiting to head back to Nashville for a quick turnaround (home for less than 16 hours). I flew up for just one college fair last night, and...
Why do I visit high schools?
Oct. 5, 2007—As I was thinking about this blog and all of the details I have included about where I go and what I do, it never occurred to me that maybe the students don’t really get WHY I do these high school visits. In order to benefit the readers of my blog (in addition to the...
Greetings from Connecticut, the Constitution State!
Sep. 26, 2007—This is recruitment trip #4 for me so far this fall, and I’m having a blast meeting so many great students. It may surprise you to know that Vanderbilt is very popular in New England, as many students find the warm weather and friendly atmosphere of Vanderbilt appealing. At one of my high school visits...
Briefly back on campus before trip #2…
Sep. 16, 2007—Wow, the past 2 weeks have gone by quickly! I intended to blog last weekend when I was in Florida for work (I wasn’t too upset to have to spend the weekend there as well), but time got away from me. I am in the midst of travel season, which is super busy. During an...
Kick off to travel season
Sep. 2, 2007—Hi! My name is Christina Webb, and I am one of several Vanderbilt staff members chosen to write a blog for Vanderbilt’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions, where I work. At first, the idea of being a blogger was a bit scary, because I’m not exactly technologically savvy. When I went to the blog dashboard to...