: an official at a school who is in charge of admitting students
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Choosing consultants with prior admissions officer experience can be the most reassuring, as these consultants will have evaluated thousands of applications not only as consultants, but also as admissions officers.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 May 2026 Master self-awareness This is a skill that no one can put on a resume, but an employer or college admissions officer can detect instantly.—
Maria Ross,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026 Its consultants include former application readers from Brown University and Boston College as well as a former admissions officer from Yale University.—
Hang Nguyen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025 With his mother’s encouragement, Galloway appealed his case to UCLA, and met with an admissions officer.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025 Yes, your standardized test scores and high school GPA are a vital part of the admissions picture, but your essay can grab an admissions officer’s attention in a unique way.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025 Consider the typical admissions officer, who currently spends countless hours responding to basic email inquiries and updating spreadsheets.—
Vinay Bhaskara,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024