What is your view of college admission people?  Do you see them, as the Chronicle of Higher Education puts it, as “people in a room with a big ‘Reject’ stamp?”

If you do, those same admissions people have a way to make you, “realize we’re real, we’re accessible, we’re not scary,” (Jeannine C. Lalonde, an assistant dean of admission at the University of Virginia).

They have started writing blogs to show students what their process is really like.  If you are considering attending a school, check to see if there is an admissions blog.