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<v ->My name is Miriam Gonzalez,</v>

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I am the admissions counselor

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for Harrisburg Area Community College.

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Another name for an admissions counselor

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would be a recruiter.

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I know, for my position, I go to high schools,

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I do college fairs, just working with high school students

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on obtaining their career goals at HACC.

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I have days where I'm just in the office

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doing the paperwork side of things,

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and then, other days, I'm not, the whole day,

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I'm not even in the office.

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I have office hours in high schools,

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where I spend the day in the high schools,

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working one-on-one with students.

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Then I have college fairs.

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There's different community outreach programs

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or events that I attend, as well,

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for recruitment purposes, too,

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and just constantly, I'm moving around, which is nice,

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'cause then I don't get bored..

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When I'm at a high school,

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I'm just sitting with students who are interested

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in either coming to HACC,

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or we have this thing called dual enrollment,

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where high school students could get college credits

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while still attending high school.

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So I work a lot with students that way,

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so I sit down with them, one-on-one,

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in discussing what classes to take,

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test scores, different things like that.

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And I also work with the guidance counselors there

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on what the process is and what they should be

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telling their students about us.

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I kind of delegate.

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I talk to students, I make sure everything,

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you know, if anyone needs anything, I'll run and get it,

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especially with open houses, 'cause there's a lot of people

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that are involved, like faculty member come,

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there's staff members from our Welcome Center,

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things like that, so I kind of delegate,

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and whatever they need, I get them, and of course,

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if students have any questions about admissions,

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I'm always there, I'm open to help them out.