In my mind, there are two methods of cooking; working within the scope of a recipe, and working with what you have available. When you are cooking with a recipe (let’s say a cake), you gather all of the ingredients, carefully measure out everything that is on the list, mix the ingredients, and get everything […]
Right now, there are two things going on; one, our office is knee deep/swamped/up to our ears, etc. with file reading, and two, you are waiting patiently (or not so patiently) for us to finish reading. But I know that the moment we release decisions, a wide range of urban legends will suddenly reappear. In […]
Several years ago, I read a great book by Robert Fulghum called “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten”, and a portion of it applies to the last part of File Reading: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t […]
The fifth part of the review is already known to most everyone, but I will go ahead and share it with you. In this section, we are looking at an applicant’s academic progress over the 3-3.5 years of high school where we have grades, looking at both the overall picture and the grade trends. When […]
Ara Parseghian: What’s your problem, O’Hare, what’s your problem? Jamie O’Hara: Last practice of the season and this ***** thinks it’s the Super Bowl! Ara Parseghian: You just summed up your entire sorry career here in one sentence! If you had a tenth of the heart of Ruettiger, you’d have made All-American by now! As […]
This section will be brief, as I have written about it a number of times. The file reading topic for the day is Intellectual Challenge/Rigor of Curriculum. First, don’t ask how many AP/IB/Honors/Advanced/Dual Enrollment/Post-AP/TBE (The Best Ever!) classes you should take, because there is no right answer. Instead, look at the academic opportunities both at […]
Here is the second installment of the UGA holistic file reading overview, with a focus on the area of an applicant’s writing, self-expression and creativity. I know, it is a mouthful, but this is the section where we look at the student’s overall writing (both the essays and any other written areas on the application), […]
Last week, I said I would write about file reading, and I will break it up into six areas. The first thing we generally see during the review of the files is how a student spends their time outside of the classroom. As such, lets talk a little bit about how we look at an […]
In my family, I am known for cooking one thing well; my homemade chicken noodle soup. I take great pride in making this, and it becomes a half day process of cooking the chicken just right, making sure I have fresh celery, onions and carrots, and the right type of noodles. The carrots and celery […]
Well, the votes are in (at least about what readers want more information on), and you have stated that you would like to learn more about what things play a factor in admissions.Today, I would like to focus on how we look at students giving back to their community. And for student’s who are looking […]
