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College Admission Dean to Speak at College Night Sept. 13
Aug 1, 1999 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
The college guidance office urges all seniors and their parents to attend College Night on Monday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m., in the Chapel. The office also strongly encourages underclassmen and their parents to attend.
The guest speaker for the program will be Al Newell, dean of admission at Guilford College in North Carolina. Newell, who has also served as an admission officer at Furman University and the University of the South (Sewanee), as well as a high school teacher and principal in an independent school, will join College Dean Sam Moss in discussing the admissions process—including how students are evaluated by colleges, the financial aid process, early decision programs, and why admission to so many colleges is becoming more and more competitive.
“All students and parents are invited to attend—but this meeting is a ‘must’ for seniors and their parents,” Moss said. “It is important for them to know specifically what they need to be doing and what Darlington expects of them in the application and visitation process.
“In hearing directly from a highly regarded admission dean, seniors and underclassmen alike can gain an understanding of how colleges make admission decisions and what factors count the most in those decisions,” Moss said.
The guest speaker for the program will be Al Newell, dean of admission at Guilford College in North Carolina. Newell, who has also served as an admission officer at Furman University and the University of the South (Sewanee), as well as a high school teacher and principal in an independent school, will join College Dean Sam Moss in discussing the admissions process—including how students are evaluated by colleges, the financial aid process, early decision programs, and why admission to so many colleges is becoming more and more competitive.
“All students and parents are invited to attend—but this meeting is a ‘must’ for seniors and their parents,” Moss said. “It is important for them to know specifically what they need to be doing and what Darlington expects of them in the application and visitation process.
“In hearing directly from a highly regarded admission dean, seniors and underclassmen alike can gain an understanding of how colleges make admission decisions and what factors count the most in those decisions,” Moss said.
