Tina Fey stars as Portia Nathan, a Princeton admissions officer whose love life has come apart.

NEWYORKER: Admission

Amanda, an admissions officer and teacher in New York City, was gainfully employed when she started sending out feelers earlier this year.

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This, more than anything else, caused the most anxiety throughout my MBA. But my admissions officer was encouraging and thought I could overcome my maths deficiency.

ECONOMIST: Home, not quite alone

But that sure ain't Gretta Lee, an ebullient Manhattanite and school admissions officer who combed the New York sky recently, a barrette keeping her dreadlocks out of her face.

FORBES: Wings of Desire

As an admissions officer, she works with many schools.

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While the newly integrated admissions approach is mainly aimed at finding employable prospects, career-services officers also provide a key reality check for applicants early in the game, says Graham Richmond, a former admissions officer at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and founder of admissions consulting firm Clear Admit.

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Dr Julia Paolitto, admissions and educational policy press officer for Oxford, said there were a number of factors, including a reluctance by some schools to encourage pupils to leave Wales, particularly Welsh medium schools.

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Over the next 18 years he worked his way up at six different companies in four states, from a care giver to admissions director, regional operations director and chief operating officer.

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Through Premier Connect, a chief medical officer in Iowa with heart failure re-admissions can connect with others to discuss possible causes, said Keith.

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An investigating officer said there was a large amount of CCTV footage and some defendants had made admissions to being present.

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