Mike Oligmueller
Director of College Counseling, The Potomac
School (VA)
How long have you been
in your current position at Potomac School?
Three years
How did you get started
in college counseling/admissions?
I was a speech therapy
major in college, but early in my senior year, I realized that I did not want
to be a speech therapist. I then wandered into the career placement office
(which was what it was called in 1983), and a counselor suggested that I try
college admissions; it was a career that required a bachelor's degree but not
in a specific major. After applying for about 100 positions (not all in
admissions), I got a job at Wabash College as an admission counselor.
What's your favorite
counseling memory?
Having a student tell me
on her high school graduation day that I was like the dad she wished her father
had been able to be.
What advice would you
give to someone looking to pursue leadership in PCACAC and/or NACAC?
If not working in
college counseling, what else could you see yourself pursuing?
Retirement.
What's one thing that
most people don't know about you?
I paid for my first year
of college with the money I made from raising and then selling a herd of pigs.
What's a current trend
or future issue you're passionate about right now? And why?
The increasing
difficulty of many families to afford college. I believe that higher education
is a path to changing lives, and it seems that a larger percentage of students
in this country, as a result of not being able to attend or finish college,
will not be able to live the lives they may want to live.
*** To Celebrate Potomac Chesapeake's 50th Conference Anniversary, we're highlighting some of our current members. Each week until the conference at The Homestead in Spring 2015, a new member will be posted. Interested in participating? Email Aundra Weissert at aweissert2@washcoll.edu to get started.***
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