Notes from the Road
A Return to SLC
A few reflections on the recently wrapped-up fall travel season.
Solitude Songs and Altered Identities
Music, much like writing, can be a vehicle for stories and the passing of time. Lyrics allow my mind to wonder. But where does a wondering mind bring you?
Interviews…and the real meaning of 1:1
Interviews move far beyond superficial connections. At best, an interview displays a student’s ability to truly OWN and even celebrate the best of their experiences from the past four years.
Essentials of Fall Travel: Leisure Time
Two months of life on the road requires a delicate combination of sanity, patience, and a penchant for repetition...
Eating on the Road...and at SLC
Staying with friends and family while traveling feels marvelous, almost like an escape from the routine and mundane aspects of travel (as in eating). Fresh food is a bit of an oxymoron on the road, with enormous billboards advertising burgers and endless buffets of fried chicken and ribs.
A College Fair in Minneapolis: Speaking the Language of Sarah Lawrence
The convention center is largely empty, save for a few admission officers wheeling boxes through the entryway. The room is foreboding, much like that of a warehouse with bright white lights and clean concrete floors. Tables and chairs fill rows of ‘cubicle’ spaces for each college, and there are literally hundreds in attendance.
An Introduction to Fall Travel
Follow along as I begin fall travel and listen in on a Q&A with a few high school students at one of my essay writing workshops.
A Return to SLC
A few reflections on the recently wrapped-up fall travel season.
Solitude Songs and Altered Identities
Music, much like writing, can be a vehicle for stories and the passing of time. Lyrics allow my mind to wonder. But where does a wondering mind bring you?
Interviews…and the real meaning of 1:1
Interviews move far beyond superficial connections. At best, an interview displays a student’s ability to truly OWN and even celebrate the best of their experiences from the past four years.
Essentials of Fall Travel: Leisure Time
Two months of life on the road requires a delicate combination of sanity, patience, and a penchant for repetition...
Eating on the Road...and at SLC
Staying with friends and family while traveling feels marvelous, almost like an escape from the routine and mundane aspects of travel (as in eating). Fresh food is a bit of an oxymoron on the road, with enormous billboards advertising burgers and endless buffets of fried chicken and ribs.
A College Fair in Minneapolis: Speaking the Language of Sarah Lawrence
The convention center is largely empty, save for a few admission officers wheeling boxes through the entryway. The room is foreboding, much like that of a warehouse with bright white lights and clean concrete floors. Tables and chairs fill rows of ‘cubicle’ spaces for each college, and there are literally hundreds in attendance.
An Introduction to Fall Travel
Follow along as I begin fall travel and listen in on a Q&A with a few high school students at one of my essay writing workshops.
About the Blogger
Matt Pohl is an Admission Counselor and Coordinator of Transfer Admission at Sarah Lawrence College. His blog chronicles the cyclical nature of the college admissions process, from life on the road during fall travel to application review and an emerging first-year class. A New York transplant, Matt is originally from the Boston area and enjoys biking long distances, freestyle skiing, and baking Raisin Noodle Kugel.