-: Academic background?
Not necessarily, I mean, I majored in anthropology
which is the study of people and culture,
and that helped me because it made me culturally
competent to be able to work with different people
and different ethnicities and cultures
and backgrounds and all that stuff.
But for an admissions counselor
you don't necessarily need that degree.
I knew someone who's an admissions counselor
and they had a history degree, you know. (laughs)
So you don't necessarily have to have
that academic background.
What helped me the most, actually,
was that I was a student worker in the admissions office
here at Millersville.
That gave me some background, and since
I was a student worker, they used to take me
to college fairs, and that gave me exposure.
A lot of my experience came from that student work position,
so if you're a student, I suggest you (laughs)
you know, work in the admissions office,
just as a student worker, just to get exposed,
cause that definitely helped me prepare for admissions work.
Knowing the process of the college accepting process,
getting to college, the applications,
things like FASFA, just working with people in general,
cause that's what you do on a daily basis
as an admissions counselor.
You're constantly working with people
and their families. (laughs)
So I would definitely say that and being part
of the community, because you are,
as a counselor, going in the community
and helping other people as well.
And feel comfortable speaking in front
of a large group, cause you do do presentations
and things like that, so good public speaking skills,
and, yeah, I think that'll be it,
I think that I would look for, personally.