Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Decision Letters

We've taken you through the process of reviewing applications and the path your application takes throughout our office. Let's finish our journey with decision letters!


Meet Erin. She painstakingly checks EVERY decision letter multiple times to make sure that we send the correct letter. She then separates the folders into batches (marked by post-its) to keep everything super organized. This enables us to find a folder quickly as we are simultaneously preparing decision letters. Here is Erin holding one of the many post-its that that take control of her office all winter.
The infamous batches. This picture was taken in Erin's office just before Early Action letters were sent out last month.


Next we prepare the packets to be mailed. The last step before we send them off!


Sandy checks ANOTHER time to make sure the address label matches your decision letter. As you can see, we really hate to make mistakes. The next time you see this letter, it will be in your hands!
Regular Decision will be mailing out within the next few weeks. We'll post pictures of the mailing once it goes out so stayed tuned!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Reviewing Applications

After your application has been processed, then we get to review them! Below are a few pictures of our counselors reading real life applications!


Eric: New Hampshire is my life!


Evan: Jersey boy


Andrew: Long Island Extraordinaire


Me: Queen of Connecticut


Liz: Kansas or bust


Megan: Maine for life!



Shamika: Can you really love both Boston and NYC?
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There comes a certain time when reading hundreds of applications gets the best of you. We'll call this section "the meltdowns"









Finally! We make a decision! Andrew demonstrates where we "sign off" on an application. We give our recommendation to the Dean of Admissions who reviews every.single.application. This ensures that everyone gets at least two people to review their folder to ultimately make the final decision.


Next post: Decision letters!