Who Knew?

In 1989, there was a movie I absolutely loved called How I Got Into College. It was basically about a bunch of high school students and the many pressures surrounding the SATs and getting into the right college. There was also a side story surrounding the Administration Office and a few of the officer's struggle to bring in "great, smart kids instead of the usual, stiff affluent ones". It was a cute, little movie starring Anthony Edwards as the heart of gold Admissions Officer, doing his best to bring in the "right kinda student" and Lara Flynn Boyle, as one of the students he's trying to get in to the school. If you're ever in Blockbuster, pick it up. You might like it.


Based on that movie, I thought I had gotten a good sense of what an Student Admissions Officer did. I really didn't know myself, because I didn't have one when I applied to Delaware State. So now, I am a few days into my Admissions Officer in Training, I didn't realize how involved this entire process is. I had no clue. I went into dealing with Student psychology, treating this as a sales job. Instead of selling encyclopedia's, I'd be selling educations. So after hours of role playing with my other trainees and watching a video about proper student admissions from a well known public speaker, way back in 1986 - I realized something....I fuckin' hate Anthony Edwards!

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