Admissions and Financial Aid Blog

Leaf season update:  Those who are “in the know” about these things are all saying that this year should be a long and spectacular leaf season.  The trees are began turning early due to the cool summer with lots of rain.  Husband, dog and I plan to take a long ride on Saturday up to the Northeast kingdom (the wilds of northeast Vermont) to play leaf-peeper tourists for a day.  This is a perfect time to plan your visit to Vermont – and VLS.

Football update:  Georgia (3 – 0), plays Colorado this Saturday in Athens.  According to the UGA website, the buffalo (who was donated to the school by Ted Turner) will be in attendance.  I can’t even imagine how Uga, the Georgia bulldog, is going to react to a buffalo in his backyard.  Should be great fun!!

 Last year’s admissions year is officially over.  The old records have been archived, files are moving out of the office, and we are finishing up year-end reports.

5 new applications for Fall 2007 have come into the office this week.  We won’t begin reading  files for a while, but it is always nice to see the apps coming in.  Dino is up in Alaska this week, Clancy is in New York.  Next week, Clancy, Lia, Sara and Nancy will all be out and about.  Check the admissions page of the VLS website for locations.

Please RSVP for our Open House on Oct. 14th.  We are placing orders for food, and headcounts are very helpful!

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year in Vermont – and it has definitely arrived!  Morning temps are in the 30’s, my big furry dog thinks he is a pup again as he bounds through the nippy morning mist.  The leaves are changing colors on the trees, the driveway is covered with fallen leaves.  The leaf-peepers (tourists) will be here within days.

One of the best parts about fall is college football.  I am from the South where we live and breathe SEC football.  People in New England don’t understand serious college football.  They get much more excited about the pro teams and college ice hockey – a very big deal in this area. 

However, I come from a tradition where tailgating begins on Thursday and then you join at least 90,000 of your closest friends at the stadium on Saturday afternoon.  Just in case you missed the game on ESPN on Saturday afternoon, Georgia beat Steve Spurrier 18 – 0.  Go Dawgs! 

The new classes began last week – and the admissions team is already out on the road again.  The full recruiting schedule is on the admissions page of the VLS website, take a look and see if we are going to be in your area. 

Two of our primary recruiters are Lia and Clancy.  They graduated from VLS this past May and sat for the bar exam in July.  They would be delighted to answer all your questions about the law school experience in Vermont.

Also, we have an Open House scheduled for Saturday, October 14th.  The information is also on the website on the admissions page.  We will have a mock first year class, campus tours, information about our academic programs, and lots of information about the admissions and financial aid processes.

We look forward to getting to know our new applicants this year.