Physical visits to Fletcher are obviously not in the cards at the moment, so in the coming weeks I’ll do my best to provide the next best thing in the form of a blog-based virtual tour. There’s an obvious starting point for this exercise: the Hall of Flags.
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A recommendation I often give prospective students during their visits to Fletcher is to take some time just to hang out in the Hall of Flags between visiting classes, chatting with students over coffee, meeting with faculty members, and talking to us. Regular blog readers will know I’m big on the idea of “fit” between school and student, and fit can sometimes be a function of intangible qualities of a place that might not come through as much in more formal or structured meetings. Sometimes a place can just feel more right to you than another. I imagine the Hall of Flags to be a good barometer of the general feeling and energy level of Fletcher at any given time, and my hope is always that a casual stretch of downtime there will show prospective students that Fletcher is where they want to be.
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Read MoreOn Tuesday, Jeff and I decided that the time had come again for us to hang out in the Hall
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