A Light Day 3

Day 3 of Committee week was a bit light today. Many staff members were involved in scholarship committee meetings and a couple of staff members were prepping to hit the road for college fairs and conferences...yes the next cycle of recruitment has already begun!!

Some additional decisions were made today, mainly in the international group, but we are also working on wrapping up completion and reading of applications. We still have about 400 incomplete applications, but good to see that number dropping over the last week.

Sometimes students are surprised to find out we haven't been able to review their application and are sure everything was sent in....

Let's do some math -

6,300 applications, SAT scores, transcript, mid-year progress reports, at least
two recommendations, an essay, resumes from about half the applicants, certification finances forms from international applicants, and TOEFL scores from students who did not grow up speaking English as a native language...

GRAND TOTAL - just under 45,000 items...and that's not counting all the wonderful supplemental materials we get.

Our first application deadline is November 15th and our final notification date is April 1st....lots of paper floating around and lots of documents in cyberspace in a short period of time.

Do items ever get lost or misfiled? You do the math:)

Check those apps on-line!! http://admissions.wpi.edu/application.html

Ed