Wednesday, November 7, 2007

I'm a thief

So, I (Sarah) got an idea for a blog post from our friends Seth and Kristen...there is a link to their blog on the right. For those of you who don't know (although I am sure that all 5 of you who read this blog do already know), I work in the admissions office at Texas Tech University. Specifically, I am an Assistant Director of Admissions. One of my job responsibilities is to make countless admission decisions for those students who have submitted their application to Texas Tech. Along with that comes a variety of phone calls to my office. So, I thought I would tell a few stories of instances that I have dealt with...

A mother called my office and wanted to know when her daughter would be accepted. I told the mom that her daughter's application was in review and that it can take up to 6 weeks for an answer. The mom then informed me that this was urgent! I asked the mom why. She proceeded to tell me that her daughter needed to be able to get on Facebook.

Recently, a father called me to ask if it mattered that his son was expelled from another school. I told him that we would require a transcript but that we do not do judicial checks on any of our applicants. He then decided that I should know that his son was kicked out of his current school for a DUI and having $5000 cash on his person along with marijuana, but the dad said his son WAS NOT dealing drugs.

I answered my phone one day to a woman screaming at me. She was irate. I actually imagined her being blue in the face because she was screaming and yelling so hard. She was mad because her daughter had missed our application deadline. Of course, I did not have much sympathy for this kind of behaviour. After telling her that I was sorry but that her daughter would have to reapply, the lady insisted that I give her the number to the president. I wouldn't do that but told her she could call the main campus operator and ask for his office. Later that day, my director told me she had a message to call a lady who had called the president. I think it is really funny that the president's office sent her right back to our office!

One of my favorite things is when I read an essay that a student has written as part of their application packet and it starts, "I really want to go to Texas A&M because..."

2 comments:

TheLudlows said...

I love it Sarah. Wow, you must have the patience of Job. What do you do with those a&m Red Raider wannabees?

JNoble said...

Any person who starts an essay like that should get automatic admission to the Texas Tech Independent School District, NOT TTU. Send them back to Kindergarten to get that a&m education they so desire. The degree will be worth the same, in my eyes.