Getting recommendation letter from an Ivy professor? 4 questions

notjoe
Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:58:24 +0000

@lookingforward,

I looked at their website, which was slow to load and difficult to navigate, and looked at a number of the “former admissions officers.” That term, “former admissions officers,” might be a little inflated for some of these folks, but not for others. A number of them at least claim to have had decision-making roles in the admissions processes of a number of highly-selective schools. As well, “admissions officer” can cover a range of roles, including those folks who go from city to city presenting open houses to high school students, recruiting for their respective schools. I’m not sure how involved such folks would be in actually separating the wheat from the chaff of the application pool, but these folks are given the job title “admissions officer” by their college and university employers.

These folks don’t look much different from the college counseling folks I’ve previously seen. It’s a low-cost, low barrier-to-entry business. Am I missing something out of the ordinary for this kind of business?