I think so. An important question to ask the student is " are you gonna be the kind of student that will not only start the program, but see yourself graduating and starting a new career?"
The student will then explain why it's important to them to be successful.
My school currently requires the applicant to pass a Wonderlic test. The applicant must achieve a minimum score in order to be eligible for admission into a specific program.
There is also more of an emphasis put on making sure that the applicant has the time in their schedule to be successful.
We have made some modifications to our initial questionnaire and our demo/interview questionnaire to ensure that we are advising the students of the their academic and financial responsibilities, Our calls our also monitored to ensure compliance.
Our interviewing process is all about having a quality conversation with the individual before we enroll them. We cover any reason that might be an obsticule or a problem for this person to be successful. This decreases the rate of cancels and drops.
Yes, most diffidently, we want prospective students to understand the commitment they are making and the importance of their time in school, I stress to every applicant that their time spent here learning is a stepping stone in changing their lives and I continue to reach out to my students while they are in school to check in and make sure they are OK. Finding out their needs and goals and having a real discussion is very important.
I believe our school has made modifications. Although we desire many enrollments, we do our best to make sure we do our best in enrolling students who we think would be good fit. This is done during the interview process when we ask the prospective student questions and get to know them.
Our school has updated our Welcome Forms and Applications to keep us better informed of students' background.
We changed the type of entrance evaluation we give potenial students. Also,during the interview, more questions are asked to the students to help determine if the person will be willing to drive a longer distance for employment.
Our school has become more aware of a student's compass scores in relation to their success in their program. Students who score lower on the compass are offered additional assistance aside from the transitional classes to make sure they are prepared for the requirements of their specific program.
Yes, we have enhance standards. Wonderlic and background checks to name 2
Yes, students at our school must first pass an entrance exam with certain passing score then they can only move further in their admission process. Also, they must take a placement exam in order to demonstrate their math, reading, writing, and science skills no matter if they have transfer credits or not. These requirements help us insure that we enroll qualified students that will graduate and succeed.
Yes, at our campus every student must go through a one on one conversation with the program lead to the program they are interested in. That way they are fully understanding what all in required in the program in which they are going into.
I agree with you Kimberly. The school I work for has made alterations for enrollment qualification purposes so students can thrive in their program.
I agree with you Kimberly. My institution has also done this type of alteration for enrollment qualification purposes.
My institution has made it a requirement in our interview process to ask mantidory questions regarding qualifications for student enrollment.
Our requirements are a bit different. We deal only with the creative disciplines, and we require neither ACT nor SAT tests. (We will use them though, for placement only.) If you didn't understand how we work, you might assume that our standards are low. They're not--they're different. One case in point: One of the most talented--if not THE most talented--Animation students I've ever recruited to our school is dyslexic. Her Math scores on standardized tests were not very strong. If all we knew about her were her GPA and ACT scores, we'd have missed out on someone very special indeed. When we saw her portfolio, jaws dropped through the entire Admissions department and her academic department as well. We offer special assistance and tutoring to those who require it (at no additional fee). We got her through math (more successfully than her high school did, frankly), and she is one of the most promising animation artists we've ever seen. The key thing is not to make the entrance requirements more stringent, but rather to make them more appropriate, as better indicators of success in that student's chosen program. The student I used as an example was not trying to become a trade theorist, she wants to go to work for Pixar. Conversely, I've never met a single law school student who could draw like she can. The point, again, is that the entrance requirements reflect a high likelihood of success in the student's chosen program.
That is a great idea, lets the student know exactly what the expectations are.
yes we offer a assessment that allows us to gauge if a student will need additional help during the program or if they will be a great fit for the program educationally
We have and I think its the BEST way to go about things, we never want to fell like were are setting students up to fail, I dont like the thought of that.
We have an entrance exam. We allow them to retest. This can help when a student has test anxiety and becomes familiar with the type of test they are re-taking.
