As travel starts to wind down, Sam and Grant reflect on what makes a good admissions counselor.  They end the podcast with what is making them happy this week.  

WACACast with Sam and Grant: What Makes a Good Admissions Counselor?

Grant and Sam discuss the pros and cons of standardized testing and the different ways colleges and universities do or don’t use them.  Sam also pitches a Lifetime movie and toward the end there is a (small) Gone Girl spoiler.  Grant also references a bear onesie that he wears during file review in addition to academic works on standardized testing. 

Defining Promise: http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/nacac-research/Documents/DefiningPromise.pdf

SAT Wars: http://www.amazon.com/SAT-Wars-Test-Optional-College-Admissions/dp/0807752622

CollegeBoard Studies: http://research.collegeboard.org/services/aces

Stick It: http://www.amazon.com/Stick-It-Jeff-Bridges/dp/B00005JOZC

Standardized Testing, a Lifetime Movie Pitch and Gone Girl Spoilers

This week, Grant and Sam talk about the recent story out of Stanford where students are encouraging others to gain access to their admission files.  Then they approach the tough conversations many admission counselors know and anxiously await when a denied student (or their parent) calls and the times when they have been denied things they want.  Per tradition (is three times considered a tradition?), we end with what is making us happy this week. 

FERPA, Having Tough Conversations and Avoiding Word Vomit

This WACACast is a small batch edition thanks to the many many applications Chapman and USC received this season! In it, Sam and Grant talk about different ways of notifying students of their admission decisions and cap it off with what is putting a kick in their step this week.  Share your thoughts about how to send admission decisions in the comments section!

WACACast w Sam & Grant

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