This year, we have accepted an outstanding group of talented high school seniors who are bring recruited by more than one top college. The college admission process is competitive and a personal text or call from an alum can go a long way to encourage accepted students to commit to our alma mater.
Will you join fellow young alumni to contact accepted students,
congratulate them and answer any of their lingering questions?
There will be two texting and calling periods, one for students who applied Early Action (Monday, February 28 through Friday, March 11) and one for students who applied Regular Decision (Monday, March 28 through Friday, April 8). You can volunteer to make calls for just one period, or both! You will be provided with information about the students assigned to you as well as scripts and answers to frequently asked questions.
You will not be required to answer any questions about Financial Aid!
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form below. If you have any questions about the process, contact Bill Hague '19, Alumni Services Coordinator, hagueb@rhodes.edu.
Q: How many students am I asked to contact in a session?
Q: How many students am I asked to contact in a session?
A: We assign each alum a maximum of ten students per session. You may be assigned fewer than that, if your profile doesn’t have enough compatible details with our list of accepted students.
Q: How will I be contacting these students?
Q: How will I be contacting these students?
A: You will be texting and calling them. The Office of Admission encourages focusing on texting and reaching out through text or email before scheduling a call. You may not hear back from every single one of your students, and that's okay!
Q: How am I paired with a student?
Q: How am I paired with a student?
A: We do our best to match you with students who are looking to engage with the same academic or extracurricular activities that you experience as a student, or with students who you share a geographical background with. You may be paired with a student who shares your major, hometown, and career interests, or you may be paired with someone who wants to be involved in the same activities you were involved with. It all depends on the makeup of our accepted students list!
Q: What am I supposed to say to the students?
Q: What am I supposed to say to the students?
A: You will receive an email before the calling and texting period with resources including a fact sheet and an optional script. The goal is to give accepted students an introduction to the welcoming and diverse community that awaits them at Rhodes. They may know for sure that they want to go to Rhodes and all you will have to do is congratulate them, or they may be undecided and would benefit from some answered questions about your experience. Just be yourself and know that one short text or call provides a great service to both these students and to the College!