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Summer PreVU Registration is Live and other Random Updates

Apr. 24, 2009—Information for Rising Seniors, Waitlisted students, admitted, and enrolling students.

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Waitlist Confirmation Emails Going Out

Apr. 16, 2009—A quick check-in post for the waitlist folks. Starting last Friday we started sending out waitlist confirmation emails. They will go out regularly over then next several weeks as we receive waitlist reply cards.

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Super Mega Hella-Blizzard 2009

Jan. 20, 2009—A blizzard of another kind is winding down at 2305 West End Ave at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. During the height of the days surrounding our January 3rd application deadline, our operations staff was handling an avalanche of mail. On January 5th we received 30 bins of mail. That following week, each day brought an additional 10 bins of materials to our office.

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Commons is to Hogwarts what Sociology is to "Muggle Studies"

Oct. 17, 2008—Great article out yesterday in Time Magazine about VU’s Freshman Commons.  A Frosh New Start Taking my son to a quidditch match this weekend.  Should be bloody brilliant.

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