Selling College

I was very interested by Professor Sweet and Coach DiDonato’s thoughts on selling the Grove City College experience to incoming students. I had never considered how much selling is involved in an in-person campus visit. I had considered the carefully constructed nature of the tours certain sights certain buzzwords. But I had never considered the effort faculty and staff go to in order to sell the college to prospective students. I particularly see this with Professor Sweet’s meetings with prospective entr majors the level of interaction and listening he does is simply incredible. But I can tell it really works.

It occurs to me as I am writing this that I have helped sell Grove City college in my job at the bookstore and talking with high school students visiting in some of my classes. For some of the people who visit on admitted student’s day I may be the first current student they meet if they conducted their interviews remotely. This is a massive responsibility. Of course most of them may not even notice what I am doing and they probably don’t realize I am a student anyway, but for those who do I hope I make such a formative experience great. I think I understand a bit of what Professor Sweet and Coach DiDonato do on a daily with the high school students who visit in my classes. I have talked to some of them one of them actually came here after I talked to him which was really neat.

In short, I feel that the in person selling experience is key to selling students on the college. This selling would not be possible with out the diligent efforts of the professors and staff. I am glad too I get to play a part in all of this as well.