What’s happening now in the Admissions Office.
A bit of Admissions nerdery to share today. This is the time of year when we complete our “cycle prep,” industry jargon for the (usually pretty minor) annual updates we make to the application for the upcoming admissions cycle.
Read MoreWhile a blog isn’t always the ideal platform on which to promote upcoming events, this Thursday’s virtual “Summerfest” is a worthy exception.
Read MoreRegular blog readers may be surprised to see a deadline-related post at this point in the year. It’s approaching mid-May, after all, the time of year in which your focus understandably may be more on the dubious playoff prospects of the Celtics or the surprising start of the spunky Red Sox. For current college seniors, though, the June 10 Map Your Future (MYF) application deadline is one to bear in mind.
Read MoreWith many candidates turning toward the logistics of beginning grad school in the fall, this recent announcement from Fletcher’s senior leadership couldn’t have come at a better time. The gist is that Fletcher will be returning to an in-person format in the fall!
Read MoreIt’s surely redundant to issue one last application deadline reminder at this point, readers, am I right?
Read MoreI was recently looking back through this blog’s archives, and couldn’t help but notice that it was one year ago this week that I was letting readers know of Fletcher’s forced shift to a remote format and covering some of the last in-person gatherings in our community.
Read MoreI’m reminded at this time of year, as I look out at yet another fresh blanket of snow, how fortunate we are that application “reading season” takes place in the dead of winter. Reading piles of applications seems a more doable prospect when one is pretty much confined indoors anyway. There’s still a chunk of reading to go, but we’re getting there! So much so that we’re starting to look toward preparing for the release of decisions, currently looking like sometime in the first couple of weeks of March.
Read MoreFriends, today is the day! I applaud those of you who have been using the past few days to review and re-review your applications in order to catch the odd typo, tighten up a phrase or two, and make sure you didn’t accidentally mention some other school in one of your essays. Time to hit that shiny, candy-like “submit” button, though.
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