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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
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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