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"but a day will come and i will reject your university…i promise…….thanks for your support"
A response to a denial of admission email.
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RESPOND!
A student emailed me with five questions. Within two minutes, as I was beginning my response to the email, the same student called me on the phone and asked me to respond to his email. I tried to clarify and see if he wanted me to answer his questions over the phone. He replied (over the phone) that I should just respond to his email.
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How High Schoolers Imagine the College Admissions Process
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The Top Places to Study Video Game Design -- For Credit - NYTimes.com
This is incredibly useful information!
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(via overall7plus)
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Urban Prep charter school again beats odds
I love this story.
- Link Applying to College: Advice From a Grizzled Senior
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Crabby
I got called out by a person on the phone today for sounding “defensive” AKA crabby as I discussed an admissions decision. At first it made me even more crabby, but now as I think back on it I’m just embarrassed. The decision by the way was a deny decision and it was for this persons fiancee. I didn’t make the decision and didn’t know many answers about it, which is why I was crabby.
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Submitting Transcripts
If you have a hold on your record at your previous school (likely for financial reasons), why do you think we would overlook that when making decisions for our school? If you can’t pay your bills there, can we expect you to pay your bills here?
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Notes![thedailywhat:
Crappy Marketing Campaign of the Day: The Des Moines, Iowa-based institution of higher learning Drake University is attempting to woo potential undergrads with the promise of a D+ experience. Wait, what?
From The Upshot:
Drake officials are standing by the D+ campaign — which college officials crafted with outside PR contractors. Defenders of the ad blitz described it as “edgy and intriguing” in a letter to faculty and staff this week. The letter explained that the campaign “was designed to catch the attention of high school students who are bombarded with college and university materials to the point that they are often in information overload and unable to differentiate among the many institutions that have contacted them.”
It’s not just that the “D+” is a dumb hook — it’s that Drake refuses to recognize how dumb it is.
That’s dumb+.
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Crappy Marketing Campaign of the Day: The Des Moines, Iowa-based institution of higher learning Drake University is attempting to woo potential undergrads with the promise of a D+ experience. Wait, what?
From The Upshot:
Drake officials are standing by the D+ campaign — which college officials crafted with outside PR contractors. Defenders of the ad blitz described it as “edgy and intriguing” in a letter to faculty and staff this week. The letter explained that the campaign “was designed to catch the attention of high school students who are bombarded with college and university materials to the point that they are often in information overload and unable to differentiate among the many institutions that have contacted them.”
It’s not just that the “D+” is a dumb hook — it’s that Drake refuses to recognize how dumb it is.
That’s dumb+.
(Source: thedailywhat)
