With the arrival of August, I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome any and all new blog readers, and fill you in on what we have planned for these pages during the upcoming year!

First, by way of introduction, my name is Scott Seseske and I am one of 15 admission counselors at PC. We spend our summer welcoming prospective students and their families to campus, our fall traveling across the country and around the world to tell the PC story, and our winter and spring thoroughly reviewing each application we receive and ultimately enrolling the freshman class. My role as a blogger is simple - to serve as a resource for prospective students who are considering Providence College in their college search. Throughout the year, I hope to take some of the mystery out of the admission process, and bring you over to our side of the desk to show you how we make admission decisions.

I am always available to answer any questions you have about Providence College, the admission process at PC, the college application process in general, or any other topic you're interested in asking about! The best way to send questions to me is to post them in the "Comments" section of my blog postings - that way, when I answer your question, it will also be available for other students to see (because chances are, if you ask the question, someone else is also wondering the same thing!).

In addition to learning about the admission side of things with me, we also invite you to take an inside-look at our student experience by visiting the pages of our student bloggers. We are currently in the process of adding some incoming freshmen to our blogging family, to give you a sense of the first-year experience - their pages will be added in early September. You will also have the opportunity to read blogs written by our returning student bloggers, who have moved beyond their freshman year and who will continue to tell their own PC stories on these pages as well. All of our student bloggers will be writing in full force during early September - keep an eye out for them!

During the month of August, I will be posting some entries about the college application process; tips on writing the college essay, which teachers to ask for recommendations, the importance of senior year, and other topics... This blog is most beneficial, however, if it is a conversation - so please do post your own questions and comments and I will focus my blog entries on the topics you are most interested in.

Hopefully, our blogs will give you a sense of who we are at Providence College - in the Admission Office, in the classrooms, and beyond. Thanks for taking the time to check out our blogs, and we hope that you'll continue to be part of the conversation throughout the year!

*Scott