The Washington Post: The people behind college matchmaking: School counselors and admission officers

 

Article published by The Washington Post highlighting the NACAC 2014 conference featuring PCACAC members.

 

 

“It’s not our job to ‘get everyone in.’ It’s our job to craft the right match. At the end of the day, I want to have credibility in matching kids to the right places.

Robyn Lady, Director of Student Services at Chantilly HS 

 

One key message, Wolfe said, was “to help counselors see that counselor and teacher recommendations should complement each other.” Sometimes, he said, they overlap too much. That’s especially true for teachers who are prone to rehashing the extracurricular activities of students instead of writing about how they excel in the classroom.

 

Timothy Wolfe, Interim Associate Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admission at William & Mary College

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