Personal Narrative: An Interview With A College Admissions Counselor

Even through I do not want to be an admissions counselor I do want to help people in the way Timber has and does so this is the reason I interviewed him twice. Admissions counselors have to be very well educated about the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus in all aspects: the colleges, majors, student-to-teacher ratio, campus resources, financial aid, and tuition and fees, and much more. Not only must admissions counselors know about the schools that they are representing, but they also must know a little about the schools that they may be visiting for a college fair, or schools that might be coming to visit the campus. High school students and even sometimes middle 8th grade students have questions about the campus, and admissions counselors must be prepared to present that information to those students. But above all, they need to offer an environment that welcomes all and produces more than just initial numbers, maintaining the students in every aspect of attending college, from academics to personal life, emphasizing the counselor aspect of administration counselor. UWO Admissions Counselor Terrence “Timber” Smith goes above and beyond in his job duties to create something like magic between “these four walls.” His influence and drive for an individual to reach for the skies and pull down a
For this reason alone, he knows the African American students and can advocate for where change is and is not necessary. Lastly, I would love to be able to shadow Timber for my last semester in college and help design a program and possibly a space for African-American students to supplement Timber’s environment a “Timber study hall” that allows a stress-free feeling to pull academic success together with a feeling of being at home at UWO, just like in Timber’s