{"id":1257,"date":"2013-12-18T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2013-12-18T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T17:30:30","slug":"the-dark-mysterious-committee-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2013\/12\/18\/the-dark-mysterious-committee-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark, Mysterious Committee Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2013\/12\/Ashley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1258\" alt=\"Ashley\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2013\/12\/Ashley.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sitting in a dark room &#8230; with candy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After almost four months at my new job as Admissions Counselor at Holy Cross, I have learned one thing: to throw all of my expectations out the window.\u00a0 So when I received my first calendar invite to Committee, I had no idea what to think.\u00a0 My colleagues had given me a brief overview of the process: the dark room, the projector, the snacks.\u00a0 But like almost everything in Admissions, nothing is really that clear until you experience it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Going into my first committee, I\u2019ll admit \u2026 I was nervous.\u00a0 Naturally, I sat next to the other newbie Admissions staff members(strength in numbers, right?).\u00a0 Having my reading sheet notes projected in front of my peers made me almost as nervous as applicants are about their credentials being projected in front of the Committee. \u00a0After all, I was not far removed from the college search and application process.\u00a0 Fresh out of college, how was I expected to participate in making life-changing decisions for students only five years younger than myself?\u00a0 But I guess that is the beauty of our Committee process.\u00a0 As a new employee, I have more say in shaping the community here than I would at any other entry-level job.\u00a0 I get to hear all of the unique perspectives of my colleagues and all of our applicants\u2019 amazing stories.\u00a0 Our Committee process gives every applicant and every staff member a voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Going into some of our final Early Decision Committees this week, I am feeling more confident.\u00a0 The Committee process is becoming clearer to me now.\u00a0 Instead of nervousness, a sense of excitement comes over me whenever we enter the Committee room.\u00a0 I am excited to help shape the Holy Cross Class of 2018 \u2026 and some candy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Johnson<br \/>\nAdmissions Counselor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting in a dark room &#8230; with candy &nbsp; After almost four months at my new job as Admissions Counselor at Holy Cross, I have learned one thing: to throw all of my expectations out the window.\u00a0 So when I received my first calendar invite to Committee, I had no idea what to think.\u00a0 My &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2013\/12\/18\/the-dark-mysterious-committee-room\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Dark, Mysterious Committee Room&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[42,47,91],"class_list":["post-1257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions-staff","category-ashley-johnson","tag-admissions-decisions","tag-application","tag-early-decision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}