who is my admissions officer?

WindCloudUltra
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:01:43 +0000

@etondad: are you still a house tutor? In any case, the potential honors cat has actually been added to the interview reports in the last two years. Out of the 10-15 or so applicants I’ve interviewed, I’ve come across a total of one candidate whom I suggested may be magna potential. I think after a while (even for someone like me who is considerably inexperienced in judging these things) you do get a feeling of who has that intellectual ability…and tenacity. I know I certainly came across a few people who probably could’ve received summa degrees but just got lazy and lax with their habits.

Also, it was almost scary to see the number of transfers graduate with PBK and summa. I wanna say it’s definitely a disproportionate number compared to the larger class (though this is largely anecdotal). Granted, transfers do get a nice boost with our Deep Springs types, but still. I sometimes feel like a complete failure as a fellow transfer :D