Admissions and Financial Aid Blog

I am finally back home from the last road trip of the season.  All of us are home, safe and sound.  Thankfully, there were only a few “adventures” this season with rental car issues, missed flights, etc. – it was a successful period of meeting our new prospective applicants and spreading the passion of Vermont Law School.

The Admissions Committee began reviewing completed files this week.  Our goal is to review all files that are completed by this Friday and mail decision letters before the school closes for our holiday break on Dec. 22nd.  Usually, we are able to also work through all files that are completed through the first week of December.  This is a rewarding process for us as well as for the applicants.  We are excited to begin learning more about this year’s applicants – and we are rewarding those who have worked hard to complete their files early.

Vermont  is still, still, still in the midst of “stick season”.  Stick season is official in Vermont – no leaves, no color, no nothing – just ugly brown stick trees.  November is also the month with the most precipitation, so it is always cloudy – as well as brown.

We have just set a record for the smallest amount of snow in the history of Novembers.  It’s not even that cold.  I was in Florida a week ago – it was colder in Florida than it was in Vermont.  However, temps are dropping significantly the end of this week (supposedly), and snow showers are predicted.  At least the ski resorts are cold enough at night to make snow.  I can see the slopes of Killington and Pico from my house, the white trails are looking good.  We’ll have have our own multiple feet of snow soon enough.  My showshoes are dusted off and ready to go!!

I have been out “on the road” most of the last few weeks, meeting lots of great applicants.  It is great fun to travel across the country, but I sure am glad to back in Vermont. 

My last venture was to Miami.  Now, I lived in Florida for 16 years prior to coming to Vermont, so I was more than used to the traffic and congestion.  Last week, it only took one drive down I-95 from Orlando to Coral Gables to make me appreciate my daily commute from Randolph to South Royalton!  One more trip in a couple of weeks, then the suitcase goes in the basement for the winter!!

It’s hard to believe that it is already November 1st.  There was snow last weekend, but not at our house.  The mountains above us were covered – our turn will be here soon enough.  For today, we are enjoying sunshine and temps in the 50’s.  I had snow tires put on the car last week, it’s not too soon.

Applications are coming into the office on a daily basis.  The committee will begin reading files the first week of December.  Our goal is to have decisions out by the end of December to all applicants whose files were completed by the 1st. 

 Enough procrastinating – have to get to those expense reports!!