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Eric Hoover

5 years

My story: An ambitious rural student, a tireless counselor, and a college fair that draws students from overlooked towns (now w/ free link).

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

Guy on plane: ‘So you’re telling me there’s enough happening in higher ed to have an entire publication devoted to it?!’

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@erichoov

4 years

The higher-ed word of the year is "pivot."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

Radio producer asked me to talk about “elite colleges, the very best colleges.” And I said, “Ah, you mean innovative and supportive community colleges?” Awkwardness ensued.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

The real admissions scandal: So many students don’t get the help they need to figure out how to apply, where to apply, what they can afford, and how to make sense of their future options.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

I got an email from an enrollment VP tonite warning me “to back off the College Board.” Sad.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

First-gen student: “I didn’t have the luxury of saying I could be happy at any college on my list. I could only be happy at a college I could afford, which was kind of a shorter list.”

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@erichoov

3 years

Per the @chronicle ’s updated style guide: Reporters are encouraged to think twice before using the term “elite colleges,” and to ask ourselves instead if we mean to emphasize their wealth or selectivity. I applaud the scrutiny of this lame, catch-all term.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

How fucking hard is it to condemn white supremacy?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Terms the @chronicle should retire: "Elite," when referring to highly selective colleges. "Needy," when referring to students with little money.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

It's sad that the got-rejected-by-a-super-selective college is held up as some sort of tragic narrative in a country where many students don't have an affordable 2nd-, 3rd-, or 9th-choice option available to them.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 months

The fact that today’s Congressional hearing about the impact of FAFSA problems doesn’t include student testimony sure seems like a big miss.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

HS senior I just interviewed: "So, wow. Do you get paid by the question or something?"

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

News: NCAA waives ACT/SAT requirement for incoming student athletes this fall, per @espn .

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

What if every major news outlet made a vow that for each story they publish about students at wealthy private colleges and flagship universities, they would publish a story about students at community colleges, technical colleges, and regional publics?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Person: "Why did you become an education reporter?" Me: "A lifelong love of acronyms."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Admissions director: “We’re not just recruiting right now. We’re caring, explaining, reassuring, and listening. What else can we do?”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

6 years

Who among us hasn’t ‘threatened his high school, colleges, and the College Board not to release his grades or SAT scores’?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 months

Each time I hear from a frustrated HS counselor/college adviser whose students are hung up by the #FAFSA , I can’t help but think about all the teenagers who DON’T have a HS counselor/college adviser to help them.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

News: Case Western Reserve U. becomes 1st college to drop ACT/SAT requirement for fall 2021 applicants due to pandemic.

A message from the dean | Features | Case Western Reserve University

Updated May 15, 2020 Preparing for an on-campus fall opening: We are committed to having students on campus at Case Western Reserve University this fa...

case.edu

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Thing I’m tired of hearing: “If a student can’t figure out how to [complete some complex part of the admissions and financial-aid process], how are they going to be ready for college?”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

The people with strong opinions about what’s best for students outnumber the people who actually talk with, work with, and listen to students.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

HS senior in hallway: “Oh, the guy with the little notebook is back again.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

I’m psyched to announce that the @chronicle will now use “FAFSA” — and not “Fafsa.” I’m gonna celebrate with an Ipa and some Ac/dc! 😁 @JonBoeckenstedt

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Ranking we need: Top 25 Highly Selective Colleges With the Most Alumni Who’ve Committed Fraud.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

College counselor: "First-gen students are so used to solving problems on their own, they often forget there might be somebody who could help them navigate the admissions process. Sometimes they don’t know the questions to even ask."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

‘In admissions, burnout is constant, and turnover is high. The profession has long relied on cheap, young labor to carry heavy loads.’

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Lawsuit challenging Yale’s admissions practices excludes “favored” Southeast Asian subgroups from its definition of Asian Americans, as @spamfriedrice notes.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

6 years

Imagine what $1.8 billion could do for college access if it weren’t earmarked for just one university.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

7 years

@nytimes Unclear if administration will also take a closer look at legacy admissions.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

After covering higher ed for 20+ years, I’m more blown away than ever by the divide between folks in the field who are truly committed to students and folks who are in this for … prestigerywealthstatusnonsense.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

You don't have to send test scores, but if you want to, we would totally welcome them oh so much. But you don't have to. Up to you. Go ahead and send them if you want. Or not. No pressure at all. Totally up to you.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Also, the @chronicle now discourages the use of “needy students,” a phrase many folks find demeaning. Reporters are encouraged to ask poor/low-income/working-class students how they describe themselves. Words matter, and I’m proud to work at a place that thinks hard about them.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

That's right, soon all the HS students who don't have enough to eat, who don't have a stable home, and who don't have anyone to help them apply to college will take a digital exam instead of a paper exam.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Admissions director: "One of the hardest parts about this job is that you can do everything right and still lose.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

My latest: Why admissions and enrollment leaders are wearing down, burning out, and leaving jobs they once loved.

Why Admissions Leaders Are Wearing Down, Burning Out, and Leaving Jobs They Once Loved

The field is losing top talent even as the stakes of enrollment work are getting higher. The roots of the problem run deep.

www.chronicle.com

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

I keep asking senior admissions/enrollment folks if they've ever filled out the FAFSA + CSS Profile. Most have not.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Rising college freshman: "If I'm honest, my college choice had a lot more to do with the quality of the ice cream on campus than it probably should have."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

6 years

What if higher ed took a one-year hiatus from all conferences, summits, and roundtables, and devoted that time to, um, action?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

Admissions dean: “I really think most people believe ‘We just need to do a better job of getting the word out’ is a real enrollment strategy.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

I started at the @chronicle 18 yrs ago (!) today, and it’s long been a fine place to work. Mostly because of its kind, supportive staff. 🙏

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Admissions dean: 'A third of the colleges saying they're test-optional for one year are gonna be test-optional forever. They just haven't announced it yet.'

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

HS senior: “I couldn’t afford my dream school without bankrupting my parents, so it really wasn’t a dream school in the end.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Note: I’ll be using an arbitrary and mysterious methodology to rank all the news releases from colleges touting their US News rankings today.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

OMG, if, in 2022, you think that applying to college should be hard, or a test of mettle, or a whittling-down process, you’re just a broken elitist.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Some college somewhere is dropping some requirement for some important reason or something. I can’t keep up.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

UNC-Chapel Hill will cover tuition + fees for in-state students whose families make less than $80K/year. It has also hired “outreach officers” to recruit in under-resourced communities throughout NC.

A message from Chancellor Guskiewicz: expanding access at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill

Beginning with the incoming class in 2024, Carolina will provide free tuition and required fees for incoming undergraduates from North Carolina whose families make less than $80,000 a year.

www.unc.edu

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

My story: The most grueling financial-aid form isn't the FAFSA. Here are its human costs.

The Most Onerous Form in College Admissions

The Fafsa is tough, but the CSS Profile is grueling. There’s a human cost.

www.chronicle.com

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

News: U. of California Board of Regents votes unanimously to suspend ACT/SAT requirement, investigate possibility of new exam.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

I love how some folks just forgot that many colleges that have decided to stay test-optional/test-free apparently based their decisions ON DATA, too.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

My favorite journalist @emilyaheil learned something cool by making @ParisHilton ’s lasagne, and you can, too!

Perspective | Paris Hilton taught me how to make lasagna, and now she’s my kitchen muse

The former reality TV star has a new YouTube cooking show that you just need to see.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

. @NACAC just threw down in a way I haven’t ever seen, calling out ACT and College Board, talking up equity in testing. I talked w its president abt why:

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

College counselor: “A college that requires its financial-aid staff to complete the entire aid application process themselves each year is, for sure, going to be a more empathetic college than it would be otherwise.”

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@erichoov

4 years

Admissions director: “You can’t quote me by name on this, but our entire board has no clue what my colleagues and I do. Like, zero clue.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

HS senior: "I want to publish a ranking of colleges according to how quickly they responded to my questions. Or didn't respond."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Welcome to National Acceptance-Rate Hysteria Week. Please place the mask over your own mouth and nose before assisting others.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 months

Enrollment VP says he has been “instructed not to talk with Eric Cooper at the Chronicle.” So, we’re good?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

It’s my Chroniversary. Thanks, @chronicle , for being there.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

In my experience, the students who tend to sound the most impressed with themselves have overcome far less than the students who tend not to sound that way at all.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

7 years

My latest: How red tape aka “verification” hinders low-income students en route to college. #newsyoucanfeel

The Verification Trap

Verification, an overlooked requirement, isn’t meant to hinder low-income students, but that’s often what it does.

www.chronicle.com

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

First-gen college applicant: “Hearing a campus tour guide say ‘Back when your parents were in college...’ is kind of weird when your parents didn’t go to college.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

Once again I’m sitting in admissions conference hearing lots of great ideas abt what colleges could/should do to improve socioeconomic diversity, but not hearing much abt what college are willing to give up to actually do it.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

The best part of my job is talking with students, the true experts in this whole deal, who often amaze me with their candor, courage, and resolve — and their many insights into this mess we call higher education.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

Should I let AI write my application essays for me? Or should I keep it old-school and let my mom or private consultant do it? 🤔

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Managers uneasy abt telecommuting seem to think that folks don’t waste a ton of time IN the office each day.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

HS student: “Wait, so there’s a conference where all these admissions deans go and just, what, talk about admissions all day? Wow.” #NACAC21

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

10 months

What if more true stories about the successes of low-income students DIDN’T include Ivy League colleges?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

HS senior: “My FAFSA is basically my ticket out of here. I’m going to submit before sundown if I can.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Enrollment VP on rethinking testing policies: "It should start with trying hard to remember what it was like to be 17."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Just a reminder that the 2021-22 admissions process isn’t over for everyone. Just spoke w 2 low-income students who are still trying to find an affordable option despite many barriers. Their stories matter, too.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

3 emails so far this morning from financial-aid officers who insist that students parsing financial-aid offers “should be able to do simple math” and “figure out how to get to the bottom line themselves.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

Picked a good day to wake up wondering if admissions had become a little boring

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Eric Hoover

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1 year

College counselor on switching jobs: “I couldn’t keep working at a school where a kid not getting into Penn and ending up at Johns Hopkins or Penn State or wherever was seen as this lamentable outcome. It was aging me prematurely.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Thanks @EdWriters ! And thank you to the many brave people, especially @nhialgdeng , who allowed me to tell these true stories about marginalized people trying to get to college.

Education Writers Association

@EdWriters

2 years

Congratulations to the @EdWriters #ewaAWARDS EGF Accelerator's Eddie Prize winner @erichoov of @chronicle . One judge called his work "lyrical" and "riveting." Read them here:

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Would anyone want read a story abt a truly outrageous and shameless independent education consultant? 🤔

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

I love interviewing students. They're so often frank and insightful + they never read from a list of talking points.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 months

HS counselor: "I don't actually care who's in charge of the FAFSA this month or next year. What I care about is when is it going to finally work for all of my kids?"

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

News: @NACAC has named @AngelBPerez as its new CEO.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Email from parent: "If a global pandemic can't halt the testing insanity, what can??!"

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Admissions dean: “Now I kind of miss the days when Aunt Becky was the thing everyone wanted to talk about.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 months

NEWS: Richard Cordray, head of Federal Student Aid office, is stepping down.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Email: Do I want to interview an independent college counselor who "knows the Ivy League inside out -- all top-secret trends"? No.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

6 years

Admissions dean: “This weekend a trustee asked if we visited high schools in other states, and I tried not to laugh. TRIED.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

My story: This admissions officer became a drag queen for a day on HBO. He's been embracing inclusivity his entire career.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

While reporting my next feature, I've been amazed by how many admins, faculty, and staff can vividly recall an informal mentor in college saving them from doubt + despair, from giving up + dropping out, decades ago.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Here’s to all the counselors rocking the boat of privilege in admissions. I’ll be writing more about your work.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

Colleges that want to promote character among applicants are going to ask themselves what their admission and aid practices reveal about the character of their own institutions, right?

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 months

HS senior who still can’t complete the FAFSA just told me: “If a different population of students — students who don’t look like me — were having this much of a problem just trying to get to college, you can bet there would be parents protesting outside Congress.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

College president: “Many people ... do not realize how unselective many colleges are.” And some of those people are editors at newspapers and magazines.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

HS senior: "It's not 'grit'; it's just doing what I have to do."

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

1 year

I interviewed 23 admissions and enrollment officials about their work. Adjectives they shared most often: 1- Stressful 2- Lonely 3- Unreasonable 4- Intense 9- Cray-cray

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

5 years

This week I visited 3 high schools that serve great numbers of low-income students hoping to attend college. No one was talking abt Lori Loughlin.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Reader: “You used to write more about the concerns of college administrators. Now you mostly write about students and their concerns.” Correct.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

HS counselor: ‘Everything is different now, but one thing hasn’t changed: I still wake up thinking abt my students every day.’

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Singles at the hotel bar during an admissions conference: "May I, uh, demonstrate some interest?"

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

Offices of communications that simply don’t respond to queries should be called something else.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

4 years

Admissions dean: “We often don’t understand the challenges applicants face as well as we say we do.”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

2 years

HS senior: “I’m gonna say that this hyper-focus on prestige when choosing a college is some BS. Can I say that?”

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

So proud of my cat, Otis, for being selected as a member of NSHSS.

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Eric Hoover

@erichoov

3 years

Today’s a big Chroniversary for me. I’m grateful for the many fine reporters and editors here who’ve made this quirky place a good home for nerd-writers.

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