Hi and welcome to the admission blog headquarters of the Providence College website! My name is Scott Seseske and I am one of fifteen counselors who work in the Office of Admission. My reason for writing this blog is to give you an inside look at the admission cycle at PC through the eyes of an admission counselor. If you have ever wondered to yourself, "How do admission counselors review applications and make admission decisions?" or "What is it like to be an admission counselor?" you've come to the right place. As we progress through the 2006-07 school year, I will share my side of the story with you, and I encourage you to continue to check this page for updated information. In addition, I hope that you'll share your stories with me; please contact me at any time with questions, concerns, or comments about Providence College or the admission process in general!

Before we get too far, I do want to give you a little background about me! I grew up in the beautiful Berkshire Hills in Pittsfield, MA, and graduated from Providence College with the Class of 2004. While a student on campus, I was an English major, a member of the Liberal Arts Honors Program, and very involved in the co-curricular life of campus as well. I was the General Manager of the student-run radio station (91.3 FM WDOM!) for two years, an Executive Board member of the Admission Ambassador organization, and also involved with Campus Ministry and The Cowl, PC's student newspaper. Clearly, I enjoyed my time at PC as I am still here! I jumped over here to the "other side of the desk" soon after graduation in May 2004 and started here in the Office of Admission that summer. That is the condensed version of my autobiography! But enough about me...

One of the most popular questions I get from friends is, "What does an admission counselor do?" Well, we certainly do have a cyclical profession, in the sense that we do different things at different times of the year. Right now, we are in the midst of our "travel season," where we spend mid-September through early November traveling across the country and throughout the world "telling the Providence College story,"-- visiting high schools, attending college fairs, and meeting with prospective students and their families. Each counselor in our office has a different geographic territory they travel to, and you can find your "personal counselor" by clicking on the "Contact Our Office" page of this website.

I have spent most of this week in the office here in Providence, after visiting parts of western Massachusetts, the south shore of Boston, the Mid-Atlantic (a lot of time in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.), and Nashville, Tennessee over the past month. I have met a lot of great people on the road and encountered some great admission questions as well, which I will share with you throughout the year. I have one major travel destination ahead of me: New Orleans, where I will be flying into on Saturday. Then, the admission staff has to shift gears quickly and begin reviewing the applications that are already piling up in our office (but we'll cross that bridge when we get there - still a little more travel!!).

With the length of this first entry, you probably can tell that I was an English major at PC! As our staff continues to visit you throughout the rest of October and early November, I hope that you will continue to visit this page as I will continue to post updates and answer as many questions as I can. In the meantime, please feel free to post any questions you may have-- or if you just want to say hello, I welcome that as well! I hope that your senior year is going well so far and I will talk to you again from Louisiana!