Chip Timmons - For most, the start of school signals the end of the summer.  Well, if you're a member of the Admissions staff at Wabash, summer ends when you begin preparations for fall travel.  For me, summer is over.

In about two weeks, high schools across the country will open for business.  As soon as the first bell rings, admissions counselors hit the phones scheduling high school visits.  After some editing and revising, our schedules will be filled with high school visits, college fairs, and receptions from mid-September through Thanksgiving.  

If scheduling 60 to 90 high school visits isn't enough, most trips require arranging hotel accommodations, flights, and rental cars.  My colleagues develop enough expertise that they could work as travel agents.