What I do as Dean of Admissions at Yale Law School | Asha Rangappa '96

Asha Rangappa ‘96, is the Dean of Admissions at Yale Law School and a former FBI agent..
Q. What does your job as Dean of Admissions entail?
A. As the dean of admissions and financial aid my work is kind of cyclical. Between November and March I'm reading applications. I read about 3,000 applications a year. I read them cover to cover, so I read a lot of essays. I’ve now been doing this for 10 years so I have probably read close to 30,000 applications at this point. It’s a lot of reading. A lot of patience and self-pacing. There's a tediousness to it also, but you have to find ways to keep it fresh and make sure you're reading each application anew. That is what each person deserves. As we give the offers we do our admit days, in-person recruiting, talking to people. That's the part that I love a lot. In the summer it gets a little bit slower. I am doing transfer applications and doing some recruiting events, but that's kind of the down time. Then in the fall we start with the recruiting. We go to visit schools including Princeton. I come and talk about Yale Law School. Why people should apply, why people shouldn't apply, and do my little song and dance. There's a certain predictability to it, but it is also changing at predictable intervals. You're not doing the same job all through the year. Different higher education administrative jobs are different. Typically, I think the student services-centered ones like Admissions, Financial Aid, and Student Affairs tend to follow a cycle.
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