Admissions planning session

About a week ago, we all took out our calendars to find a day when we could have an off-site retreat.  Turns out that, after this week, there were precisely zero days when we would all be here.  (Admissions folks tend not to take vacation time during the admissions cycle, meaning we take it all during the summer.  Plus, there’s a little recruitment travel on the calendar.)  In a last attempt to identify at least a few hours, we realized that yesterday was the day.  We had some sandwiches delivered and started talking.

When we were talking wistfully about the beautiful weather outside, Laurie suggested taking a walk.  (We’re all involved in a University “steps challenge,” so there was an added incentive to get out there.)  We meandered over to the roof of the main library.  Here’s a view of the “green roof” portion:

And here’s the view of the city from the roof:

But you might be more interested in the outcome of the discussions than about our mini-field trip.  We talked about deferral and reapplication procedures.  (Some minor changes will be implemented).  We discussed the application reading process and the application itself.  (We agreed that we wouldn’t change the application essay prompts.)  Most of the rest of the discussion was essentially administrative.  (Who will do what, and when.)  Overall, a productive four hours, even if we couldn’t quite pull off a full-day retreat.