The job of a college admission counselor
is versatile and quite comprehensive. Primarily he/she works as an
academic administrative counseling authority. Although the
responsibilities and work profile of a counselor may vary from one
college to another, the general profile of a college admission counselor
is mentioned here.
- An admission counselor works on behalf of the college and selects best and prospective students for taking admission in the college he/she is representing. In most of the cases he/she works with quota within a stipulated time frame.
- An admission counselor visits different community events, college fairs, and other educational fairs and presents the benefit for studying in his/her college. He/she reports to Director of admissions.
- Admission counselors conduct interviews with interested/prospective students, evaluates their grades, goes through their college essays, and finally decide on their eligibility to get admission in that college for further study.
- The counselor keeps a track with all relevant data related to this admission process and depending on their close analysis decides admission strategy and different perspectives for the next season.
The post of a college admission counselor is quite challenging
as the role involves lots of coordination and communication. As these
roles are extremely result oriented and this is the reason the concerned
person should have excellent knowledge of sales and people management.
An
expert admission counselors help students in understanding the
formalities related to admission and if necessary the support of
financial loans etc. These trained professionals not only promote their
school/college/institutions for getting maximum students enrolled in it,
they also look for students benefit in joining their school/institution
for their academic/professional career.
