Suggestions on helping my odds?

is2day4him
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:16:37 +0000

yeah Fleet. for your recommendation letters, don’t go for the “ooh, he knows this guy” approach, but having high up people that you know personally write a letter for you is never a bad idea. i had my letters done by my pastor, a State Congressman from my church, and a Col. from the Air Force. i figured that by having a pretty wide scope of people in leadership positions referring me, the school would see that i can work under various forms of leadership, and those guys knew the qualities it takes to be a good leader and could say what they thought my strengths were. it must have worked, i mean, i got in, so whatever, right?
seriously though, any time you have a question, call admissions. it got to the point with me where i didn’t even have to fully introduce myself (a bit shameful perhaps), but they recognized my voice. and be sure to ask every time you call if they’ve gotten any info on your packet yet? it’ll push them to look at it. cause they know you’ll keep calling and they want to have good news for you. also, in case you haven’t done so, consider making an overnight trip out here, you’ll get to see a little bit of what the average day is like here. if you decide to do this, let me know and i can give you some of my info and perhaps i could be the one to show you around.
keep the faith, stay focused, and don’t give up.