Welcome To Dean Flagel’s Blog

For many of you this is the first time stopping by the blog, so first off, welcome!  Read some of the past posts, comment on topics you want to know more about, or discuss your opinions on the topic in this post.  As far as introductions, I am Andrew Flagel and am the current Dean of [...]

Hello from Ras al Khaimah, UAE!

Hello new readers!  To get right down to business since introductions have been taken care of, in the gap between this post and last week’s I’ve had the extraordinary pleasure of visiting George Mason University’s most recent campus addition located in the Middle East!  To give some background, in 2005 we opened our first international [...]

What the heck is Holistic admission review/Online info and admission

This is another oldie-but-goodie article (I think the link still works, if not let me know) that questions the hot term in admissions, holistic review, as a secret code for affirmative action. http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=112006C I disagree. Holistic review is really a fancy name for what admissions officers have always done – reading each file individually and [...]

Admissions in Wiki and Fun with Admissions Officers

Admissions, Admissions, and still more Admissions! If I ever doubt that Wikipedia had all the answers (not necessarily the right ones, but at least answers), it was erased when one of this blog’s readers forwarded this helpful link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_admissions Finally – advice from a source we can all trust . Along those lines…just in case [...]

Placement Rates and picking your College

As you look at rankings, lists of majors, faculty ratios, and all that stuff, it’s easy to lose track of how any of that will actually impact you. You want a place that boosts your career aspirations (and your parents would like to know you won’t live at home forever). Unfortunately, accurate information on that [...]