University attempts to make admissions process faster
By Tricia Schwennesen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Applying for admission to the
University may get a little easier.
What used to be a tedious
process of applying — mailing off
all your pertinent life information
and then waiting for weeks for a
reply — has changed with the pos
sibility of applying in person and
getting a same-day response.
About 70 potential students ap
plied for admission as part of
Duck Preview activities at the Uni
versity on Nov. 15. Duck Preview
attracted about 1,500 potential
students.
Director of Admissions Martha
Pitts said the application process
is actually on-site admissions
counseling, not formal admission.
Counseling provided students
with help if the student did not
meet minimum admissions re
quirements.
“We are not an open admission
school,” Pitts said. “We are a se
lective admission school. ”
Tracy Lampman, associate direc
tor of admissions, said the on-site ad
missions counseling was a unique
opportunity in a pilot program.
“It’s possible we could expand it,
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fer it in any other arena,” she said.
Lampman said the pilot will be
evaluated and may become a regu
lar feature of Duck Preview.
Interested students at the preview
supplied their application for ad
mission, an official copy of their
transcripts, SAT scores and paid the
application fee at Duck Preview.
“Most of the students that came
were admissible, and we were able
to let them know they were admis
sible,” Pitts said.
Applications were reviewed and
evaluated by admissions coun
selors. Students were then notified
that they met the necessary require
ments, and formal letters of admis
sion were mailed out to those stu
dents a week later, she said.
“We did not want to be a
thumbs up or thumbs down
school,” Pitts said. “The students
and their families felt very well
served.”
Mike Kirk, a freshman architec
ture major and Duck Preview vol
unteer, said on-site admissions
counseling is a good idea.
"It cuts down on the waiting,”
he said. “Plus, when you go to a
campus and walk around, you get
a different feel for things."
Amy Elder, a sophomore ele
mentary education major, said on
line admissions counseling may
encourage some students to pro
crastinate on applying and take for
granted that they will be admitted.
Elder said she waited at least
three months to find out if her
transfer application had been ap
proved.
“I was nervous about getting
in,” Elder said. “It would have
eased my mind and I would have
been able to plan ahead.
“It would have been nice — 1
would have known if I could stay in
Eugene to get a four-year degree or if
I needed to look at other options.”
Kirk said it’s important for inter
ested people to talk to current stu
dents about what campus life is re
ally like.
“I think that’s the real deciding
factor for kids,” he said. “It's the
realistic stuff, the part you have to
live with every day of your life. ”
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