"The Secrets of College Admissions"
Pam Proctor featured on September 15, 2010 Webcast sponsored by unigo, WSJ on Campus,
and
Aristotle Circle on You Tube.
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Students do not have to spend a summer abroad for an essay-worthy experience. When Mary Lang Gill was a rising senior at the Atlanta Girls School, a private school, she hired Pam Proctor, an independent college counselor and the author of “The College Hook,” a college admissions guide. After learning that Ms. Gill loved to paint, Ms. Proctor connected her to the Florida Highwaymen, a band of renegade painters active during the 1950s and ’60s.
“I spent a whole day with them,” painting and observing, said Ms. Gill, who just graduated from Dickinson College. “It was one of the coolest things ever, and I love that and I got to put it on my application.” Ms. Proctor said she spent a great deal of time with students helping them find the right topic for the college essay. “Picking the essays is as important as writing them,” she said. After that, she said, the stories “write themselves.”
— “For a Standout College Essay,
Applicants Fill Their Summers”
by Jenny Anderson
New York Times
August 6, 2011
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“Pam Proctor, author of The
College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions
Game, encourages students to
figure out whatever it is that stands out about them and
put that first instead of the stuff their competition also
has. ‘They’ll put a sports team first,
but that doesn’t make sense if you’re not good
enough to be recruited. It’s impressive – it
shows teamwork, commitment, leadership – but it’s
not a hook,’ she says. So if you’re on
a mission to visit every Civil War battlefield, or you’ve
set up an active fan website devoted to Jane Austin novels,
put those down in the activity slots, too.”
— “Express
Yourself: How to Tell Your Story,”
by Vicky Hallet
U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s
Best Colleges,” 2008 Edition
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“So
how can a student stand out in the crowd? Pam Proctor
of Vero Beach, an independent college consultant, says
every student needs what she calls a ‘hook – the
one passion or interest that is so strong that it will
set you apart from all the other kids who are applying.’ Her
tips can be found in her 2007 book, The
College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions
Game (Center
Street, $21.99).”
— “College
Admissions: STAND OUT
from the Crowd”
by Gigi Lehman
Cover Story: Miami Herald
Special Living & Learning Section,
March 23, 2008
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Go to Fox
News, Austin, Texas, to
see interview with Pam Proctor, entitled, “The
College Hook: Getting Into
Your Dream School,” aired
on September 27, 2007 |
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“If
your talent – in student politics, for example – won’t
fit in a portfolio, include a résumé in
your application, says Pam Proctor, president of
College Application Consultants in Vero Beach, Fla.
On the résumé, you can detail what
you accomplished in each of the activities listed
on your application.”
— “Learn
to dance with admissions,”
by Lisa Hartigan Shea
and Ulrich Boser
U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s
Best Colleges,” 2003 Edition
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“Some students who may do better on the curriculum-focused
ACT than the abilities-focused SAT play the two off
each other. ‘Take both, especially if you don’t
do well on your SAT,’ says Pam Proctor, a private
college admissions counselor in Vero Beach, Fla.”
— “Stop! Do Not Turn the Page!” by
Linda Stern
Newsweek Magazine, September
1, 2003
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“Counselors like Proctor tell clients to
take three SATIIs in their best subjects as soon
as they finish the corresponding classes. (Some
students used to wait to take them all during senior
year).”
— “Stop! Do Not Turn
the Page!” by Linda Stern
Kaplan-Newsweek’s “How
to Get Into College,” 2004 edition
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“People
are pulling their hair out [over the “new” SAT],
saying it’s another test to worry about,” said
Pam Proctor, an independent Florida counselor. “But
even though the fear factor may be driving them now,
the result is that students who prepare for it are going
to be better writers.”
— “Students
gear up for essays on college admissions exams,”
by The Associated Press
USA Today, February 25, 2004
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College Application Consultants is located in Vero Beach, Florida and specializes in assisting students with the college admission application.
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