Torie Ball Senior Project

 Monday 5/24      It is hard to believe these are our last two days in admissions. The time seems to have flown by. The last goal of our project is to connect with the incoming students next year. We are going to create an instagram and post brief bios about all of the students. Today we created a google form for them to fill out. We also sent this form out to the GreenKey Reps as well as the student leaders. We are planing on posting their bios first before the new students ones. This will be a great resource for new students to connect with each other before starting school in the fall. Todays Hours:4

  Week 2 Reflection This week in admissions was very interesting. We continued to learn about the jobs of admissions officers and work towards completing the GreenKey System. Again this week Julia and I were very organized in how we decided to spend our time. On Monday we spent most of the day scheduling for the week. This week the main goal was to choose who the GreenKey reps for next year would be.  This process involved students filling out applications, and then Alica selected students to come in to be interviewed. Julia and I had both never interviewed anyone before, so we were nervous going into the interviews. Alicia was helpful giving us tips on how to conduct a good interview. She told us not to focus too much on scripted questions, and to think of it as a conversation. All of our interviews went very well. We had a surprising amount of interest, and after 40 applications we interviewed 20 students, and selected 12. It was difficult to  give interviews over and over again, o

 Friday 5/21      It is hard to believe it is the end of our second week working in admissions. This week actually went by very quickly. Today we wrapped up our work with the GreenKey System, Alicia made final decisions about next years Reps. We scheduled emails to be sent out announcing the news. Today we finished off our week having lunch in admissions, that Alicia kindly brought us from tuckers. Todays Hours: 4

 Thursday 5/20      Today I started my morning by getting coffee at the Bluebird Bakery and then heading over to admissions. In admissions Julia and I conducted more interviews. This process has been difficult as we have many applicants to narrow down, and we have had to interview many students. After doing a few interviews in the morning we went to a senior seminar lecture. Today we ended the day discussing with Alicia who the GreenKey Reps are going to be for next year. Tomorrow we will make final decisions and wrap up our work on the Green Key System. Todays Hours: 4

 Wednesday 5/19 This morning I got up very early and hiked to the bulkhead with friends to see the sunrise. After I went to admission for another day of interview wing more students. Todays interviews are mostly new students who because of Covid have never given tours before. These interviews we spend more time getting to know the student and their interests. Most sophomores and all of the freshman have never given tours before because of Covid, so we will need to select students who have not given tours before however the GreenKey Reps do not only give tours. Being a GreenKey rep also involves knowing student in your grade well, being able to pair prospective families with current students, as well as encourage students to give tours.   Todays Hours: 4

 Tuesday 5/18      Today was our fist day of interviews. I was honestly a little nervous about interviewing students however it went really well. I took Alicias advise to make it be more of a conversation. We interviewed 11 kids which was very tiring, however everyone was very interesting and had good answers to our questions. We asked them what they really liked about Proctor and what they think is important to highlight on a tour.   Then we talked more about the responsibilities of being a GreenKey Rep. It is going to be difficult narrowing down all of the candidates however I there are many students who are very excited to be involved in the program with is good. Todays Hours: 4