What do I ask the Admissions Director of Yale?

Applying to College
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<p>So. The Associate Director of Admissions from Yale, Mr. Keith Light is coming to my school on Monday. He’ll be having a meeting with students who are applying to Yale this year. What should I ask him? And how should I ask him? I’m a bit confused. Help?</p>

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<p>He also came to my school.</p>

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<p>But what do i ask him? D:</p>

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<p>Admissions counselors aren’t judging you based on what questions you ask in these meetings. This person is one of many admissions officers at Yale and his job at that particular meeting is not to be critical or evaluative, it is to encourage great applications from students at your high school. In this meeting, be yourself. Specifically, be the person you are with the teachers who know you best. Think about how comfortable you are when you interact with them and let that give you the confidence to be comfortable with Mr. Light. Be engaged, conversational, ask whatever questions that come to mind, and speak freely (as appropriate) about anything that might relate to your application.</p>

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<p>Ask questions about the <em>experience</em> a first year student has at Yale. DO NOT ask any question that is already answered on the website (“Do you have a Biology major?” :p) Admission officers HATE that, trust me; why should they answer a question that 2mn on their website would have answered for you? And this “already answered question” only shows you ahven’t done your homework.
Choose “qualitative”, not quantitative, questions to learn more about the student experience (academic and social), campus vibe, etc.</p>

<p>For fun, watch the comedy “Admissions” with Tina Fey. It’s a romantic comedy (ie, about finding love in unexpected places) but it seems fairly realistic about the life of an admission officer, shenanigans excepted.</p>

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<p>Recently in the NY Times it was reported colleges are looking on the web and social networking sites to see what applicants are posting about them. So here’s my suggested question

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<p>“Yes, and also Mr. Light. Did you reply in a rhetorical manner to said people under a seemingly inconspicuous alias “badgolfer”? … If so, it was that guy. *point to guy sitting next to me”.
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Am I getting somewhere, Mr. badgolfer?</p>

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You bet! :D</p>