LSC recruitment

LSC Recruitment
Joe Rivet

Despite a lack of applications, the Lyndon State College admissions office remains optimistic about the upcoming semester.

“The spring semester’s new students are predominantly transfer students. We have been advertising in print and on the radio to attract students.” Dean of Admissions, Patricia Krahnke says. Right now the admissions office has not received as many applications as it had last year at this time, but Krahnke insists it is not a cause for concern. “We have plenty of applicants, we just not received every part of their applications yet.” Krahnke said. Until they receive the rest of those parts, they will not be counted as applications.

“We are more interested in seeing intention behind the applications than anything else.” Krahnke said. Deposits from prospective students are higher than they were at this time last year, showing that more of the applicants are seriously considering coming here instead of thinking of Lyndon State as a fallback school. Krahnke feels that the increased number of deposits makes up for the lack of applications.

New students is not the only group that admissions is working on. The admissions office is happy to see so many current students registering for the next semester. “There have been more current students registering for next semester than there were last semester. That’s certainly encouraging.” Krahnke said.

For many students, money is the biggest factor when choosing a college. “We do our best to get students by keeping costs low and giving financial aid.” Krahnke said. “We do the best we can with financial aid. We are a small college so we do not always have the funds to meet people’s needs. We look at each family individually and determine how much they would need and how much we can give them.”

The admissions office is looking for a fair amount of new students next semester and at the start of next year. They are excited to see how many students will be coming in the future.