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Thank You For Being A Platinum Member
There is a division in the USC Office of Admission. It causes heated debate. It can define travel. It certainly is something that defines a person. Are you Hilton or Marriott? (Or do you walk on the wilder side with ::GASP:: Starwood?) If you’ve seen Up In The Air, you’re familiar with this scene. Comparing…
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My 50th First Day of School
Since Mrs. Loomis’ kindergarten class at Parkway Elementary School in Fall 1963, through and including last Monday, August 26, 2013 at Santa Monica College, I have celebrated, and I do mean celebrated, 50 straight “First Days of School”. I have either worked in or attended educational institutions for half of a century. The Sunday before…
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Inclusion – The DEA Blog!
Hello and welcome to our blog for Diversity Equity and Access (DEA): Inclusion! In this blog, we hope to share information that pertains to DEA issues–to keep all WACAC members informed and to expand communication. The idea for the blog came as a result of the Roundtable Meeting we held at WACAC in Orange County…
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Using Evernote for High School Visits
If you’ve been using a smart phone for a while now, I’m sure that you have stumbled across, fumbled with, or heard about the thought management app known as Evernote. Those of you who use it daily know how fantastic it can be for remembering fleeting ideas, storing pictures, and clipping interesting web pages for…
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? *
* Title is a tribute to Mindy Kaling, whom I aspire to be. Fall always gets a little difficult when trying to plan your life. My friends will ask, “do you want to see Passion Pit in October?” to which the answer is a resounding YES, but I can’t buy tickets because I’ll likely be…
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Drumroll, please…
Dear WACAC Members, We are thrilled to present to you (drumroll, please…) the WACAConversations blog! We will cover pressing issues in the admission profession, announce upcoming WACAC events, and share stories about the world of college counseling. In addition to individual postings, we have confirmed a number of regular blog series, including: New High School…
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Google Drive Times Are My Frenemy
I have always been a pretty organized person. I recall the joy I found in my high school Spanish classes, where teachers required you to have tabbed sections for your binder and to have numbered all of your assignments. Mine was flawless. Planning my college classes was enjoyable, as was plotting my four day drive…
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WACAC ACTION ALERT: Oppose Legislation That Would End Important Protections for Students and Taxpayers
Urge your legislator to vote no on the Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act today! Recently Representatives Foxx (R-NC-5), Kline (R-MN-2) and Hastings (D-FL-20) introduced The Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637), which would repeal and prohibit specific regulations that protect students and taxpayer dollars from waste, fraud and abuse by unscrupulous colleges.…
