The Admissions Rosetta Stone
The Admissions Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone. A 1 st Century Egyptian Stele Translated Egyptian Hieroglyphs Makes People Sing About Being Bilingual Expanded Knowledge Comparatively Across Time Through Context. The Rosetta Stone. Admissions Language College vs. Applicant
The Admissions Rosetta Stone
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The Rosetta Stone • A 1st Century Egyptian Stele • Translated Egyptian Hieroglyphs • Makes People Sing About Being Bilingual • Expanded Knowledge • Comparatively • Across Time • Through Context
The Rosetta Stone • Admissions Language • College vs. Applicant • College vs. High School • College vs. College • Admissions Rosetta Stone • Eliminates the Acronyms • Recontextualizes Common Words • Hears and Listens
The Admissions Rosetta Stone • Definitions* • Communication and Language • In-Practice Examples • Limitations • All definitions are taken from Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary at • www.merriam-webster.com/
Words With Friends • “Decision” • “a determination arrived at after consideration” • Admissions: “Results of a review; may be intermediate or final” • Student: “How others feel about me after reading application – takes less than five minutes” • Parent: “How others judge my child’s worth”
Words With Friends • “Waitlist” • “to put on a waiting list” • Admissions: “There’s potential here if we need it; can be relied upon to build the class” • Students: “I didn’t get in…Lots of emotions” • Parents: “Where does my child rank?”
Words With Friends • “Credit Hour” • “the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term” • Admissions: “Time commitment. This isn’t high school.” • Students: “How many classes do I need to take?” • Parents: “How much does this cost?”
Words With Friends • “Application” • “a form used in making a request” • Admissions: “The sum of components necessary to evaluate an individual for admission.” • Student: “Form to be filled out…no worries about punctuation or spelling…isn’t there autocorrect?” • Parent: “Form to filled out…in hard copy first, then filled out and proofed by parent and others, then finally submitted months in advance.”
Words With Friends: Alphabet Soup Edition • AA • CGPA or WGPA • EFC • FAFSA • FERPA • GenEd • TA TSR
Words With Friends: Alphabet Soup Edition • ѬѾ • Ѯ҂ћ • ѾѮ • ҈ Җ • Ҟ ҉ • Ѱћ҂ • ѦҞћ ҈ Ѭ
Talking to Me and Talking With Me: What’s the Application Deadline? • What’s the REAL question? • “How long do I have to get everything together?” • “Actually, what is the application?” • Hearing vs. Listening • Hearing: “The Fall Application Deadline is May 1.” • Listening: “Our final deadline is May 1; however, we encourage students to submit their complete application much earlier because…” • Addressing the question behind the question • Students are just learning how to navigate deadlines and often don’t know what constitutes an application
Talking to Me and Talking With Me: Are you test optional? • What’s the REAL question? • “I don’t think my Math SAT of 470 is good enough” • Hearing vs. Listening • Hearing: “No, we are not.” • Listening: “We aren’t, however, there are many factors involved in the admission process, and test score is but one component…” • Addressing the question behind the question • Students need to know not only what a competitive test score is, but what other factors are considered for admission
Talking to Me and Talking With Me: Are you need blind? • What’s the REAL question? • “I need financial aid but am scared to tell you.” • Hearing vs. Listening example • Hearing: “Yes!” • Listening: “Financial aid and merit scholarships are available to students. Here’s how to apply.” • Addressing the question behind the question • Students need to know what resources exist to make college affordable.
Walking the TalkingWhat social media tells us about language and perception
Walking the Talking • “Yield” • “Is your ___ program any good?” • “Do you have Greek life?”
The Admissions Cipher • Questions Are Often Sincere • Questions Will Never Stop • Controlling the Conversation… Can we? • Making information accessible • Inserting ourselves into the dialogue • Acknowledge that students read books and consult websites (anyone but the experts)
The Admissions Rosetta Stone • Christopher Dahlstrand, University of Central Florida • Serge W. Desir, Jr., University of South Florida St. Petersburg • Donnamarie Hehn, Canterbury School of Florida
