Should I do what my teacher says?

gibby
Sat, 03 Dec 2016 12:51:57 +0000

I was too late to add this to my post above.

If you look at the salary ranges for AO’s on Glassdoor (https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/admissions-officer-salary-SRCH_KO0,18.htm) the job pays less than one year’s cost of attendance (COA) at an Ivy League school. As a result, the position is often a first-time job for recent graduates. Unless an Admissions Officer is super-passionate about Admissions, people tend to stay for a couple of years and then move on to another job that offers a better salary with less travel. So the average age of an Admissions Officer is pretty young (under 35) – and that person can easily relate to a high school student playing rock guitar (trying to get this thread back on topic).