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Selecting Future Scholars: Faculty Training Program at SHC

Join us as we evaluate and select high-potential applicants for academic excellence. Explore holistic review methods, essay questions, and bias recognition. Application deadline January 15. Contact Kelly Ball and Jessica Lee.

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Selecting Future Scholars: Faculty Training Program at SHC

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  1. Faculty Selection Committee Training Kelly Ball, Coordinator of Admissions Jessica Lee, Admissions Counselor

  2. SHC Mission • Achieve academic excellence with integrity • Build on a global perspective • Create opportunities for leadership and civic engagement

  3. Application Timeline and Info • Application available September 1 • Priority filing date November 30 • Deadline January 15 • 2,701 applications by November 30 • (5% fewer than last year) • Evaluations due by Monday, February 8 • Decisions to be released on Wednesday, March 9

  4. SHC By The Numbers Applicants are high school seniors applying to all PSU colleges and campuses • Approximately 3,700 applications per year • Approximately 700 offers • Goal: 300 students • Readers • 40 applications/reader • 2 readers/application

  5. Selection Criteria We DO consider We DO NOT consider Standardized test scores Academic area of study Personal characteristics Geographic location • High school record • Recommendations • Short answer questions • Essay responses • Optional Interviews

  6. Why We Use Essays • Holistic Review • Expand our view of the applicant beyond just classes and grades to assess student achievement and ability • Subjective tool

  7. Reviewing Short Answer Questions • Short Answer Questions • College courses taken for credit (not AP/IB) • Influential book • Scholastic distinctions and/or honors • Principal extracurricular activities • Most significant activity • What to Consider • Focus on why, not what • Distinctions and/or honors will be very similar

  8. Essay Question Foundations Evaluate with the following in mind: • Thinking skills • World view • What is the applicant’s passion?

  9. Essay Question 1 Today, technology is ubiquitous and always on. For example, videos from cell phones can capture intimate family moments, help bring about revolution as seen in the Arab Spring or be used by police to track down terrorists. The former CEO of Sun Microsystems is quoted as saying, "You have zero privacy anyway…get over it." If you were a policy maker, how would you balance an individual’s right to privacy and a community's need for national security?

  10. Essay Question 2 The university is a multicultural society, where numerous ethnicities, traditions and religions coexist. Describe your current multicultural world including your cultural history and background. Then explain how you would like to expand that world to achieve a greater multicultural life. To broaden the diversity of your future self, what experiences would you like to have? What places would you like to visit? What people would you like to meet? Please be as specific as possible.

  11. Essay Question 3 Describe an instance in which you changed your mind about a previously held belief. What led you to hold this belief in the first place and how did you come to change your view?

  12. Reviewing Essay Questions • What to Consider • Again, focus on the why, not the what • What do I now know about this person that I did not know before I read this essay? • What insights did I gain into their character, values, leadership, etc.? • Does this essay stand out amongst the others I have read?

  13. Letters of Recommendation • Recommendations • 2 required – HS teachers • 2 optional – additional teacher, mentor, guidance counselor • What to Consider • Focus on examples and content • Consider the author of the letter

  14. Recognizing Individual Bias

  15. Website Overview

  16. Comments & Rating

  17. General Tab

  18. Short Answers Tab

  19. Essays Tab

  20. Recommendations Tab

  21. √√ Transcript Tab

  22. Supplemental Materials

  23. Rating • 1 through 5 • 1 – the least likely to be a good SHC candidate • 5 – the most likely to be a good SHC candidate • Must have 6 of each rating • Ratings for the remaining applications are at your discretion

  24. Website Homepage

  25. Submitting Final Ratings • Nothing is finalized until you click “Submit All to SHC”

  26. Final Evaluation Reminders • Your evaluation comments are important – to you and to us! • If you recognize a student name for whatever reason, please let us know there is a conflict of interest and we will reassign the applicant. • Recognize bias

  27. Next Steps • Mid-Late December and into January • You will receive an email regarding the link for accessing your assigned applications for review

  28. REMINDER Evaluations are due by Monday February 8, 2016

  29. Thank you! Kelly Ball, Coordinator of Admissions Jessica Lee, Admissions Counselor knb130@psu.edu jal73@psu.edu 814.865.2060

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