Comments on: Do Looks Matter? Thoughts on the Admissions Office Aesthetic. http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/ all the exciting parts, none of the heavy debt burden Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sam Jackson http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-18215 Sam Jackson Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:40:43 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-18215 Hey, new word to characterize a term I think about! Thanks :) and thanks for reading! I often find myself smiling on friday afternoons when I get the TargetX messages because you're often pretty spot on. Sometimes not, and I try to call you on those times... ;) Hey, new word to characterize a term I think about! Thanks :) and thanks for reading! I often find myself smiling on friday afternoons when I get the TargetX messages because you’re often pretty spot on. Sometimes not, and I try to call you on those times… ;)

]]> By: Jeff Kallay http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17937 Jeff Kallay Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:50:04 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17937 Sam: I've been a reader of you brilliant blog and just wanted to say kudos on this topic. In the emerging experience economy "aesthetics" matter, but what you're really talking about is the "esthetic" or sense of place. I tour and consult with about 3-5 colleges a month and most are guilty of tunnel vision when it comes to the prospective family/student "experience." Sam:
I’ve been a reader of you brilliant blog and just wanted to say kudos on this topic. In the emerging experience economy “aesthetics” matter, but what you’re really talking about is the “esthetic” or sense of place. I tour and consult with about 3-5 colleges a month and most are guilty of tunnel vision when it comes to the prospective family/student “experience.”

]]> By: Sam Jackson http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17350 Sam Jackson Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:52:09 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17350 Ah. I wasn't crazy about the Georgetown approach, just because it didn't help the dry feel I got from some other things there. By the way, if you want any help with your blog (just read: http://muntinsquares.blogspot.com/2007/09/starting.html ) let me know! Ah. I wasn’t crazy about the Georgetown approach, just because it didn’t help the dry feel I got from some other things there. By the way, if you want any help with your blog (just read: http://muntinsquares.blogspot.com/2007/09/starting.html ) let me know!

]]> By: Serena http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17349 Serena Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:44:17 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17349 Thinking about it, my experience would not have been representative, since I only went to the sessions at Northwestern and Georgetown, additionally. Oops. All the sessions at Exeter don't use ppt's. Thinking about it, my experience would not have been representative, since I only went to the sessions at Northwestern and Georgetown, additionally. Oops. All the sessions at Exeter don’t use ppt’s.

]]> By: Sam Jackson http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17348 Sam Jackson Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:33:32 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17348 So your PowerPoint experience was universally a good thing? I only had a few ppt presentations. Where did they have them? Anyway, the best presentations I saw would only have been subverted by slides, electronic or not. Tote bags do rock, though. So your PowerPoint experience was universally a good thing? I only had a few ppt presentations. Where did they have them? Anyway, the best presentations I saw would only have been subverted by slides, electronic or not. Tote bags do rock, though.

]]> By: Serena http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17347 Serena Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:18:57 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/10/05/do-looks-matter-thoughts-on-the-admissions-office-aesthetic/#comment-17347 JHU gave out tote bags when I went on a campus tour this summer. :) However, it was also the only college info session I went to on campus that did not use a powerpoint presentation. JHU gave out tote bags when I went on a campus tour this summer. :) However, it was also the only college info session I went to on campus that did not use a powerpoint presentation.

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