Dear Readers,

Effective communication via electronic mail is crucial to the admissions process. There are times when a personal telephone call is not convenient, (see Miss Admissions post: Phone Impressions Have Lasting Impact), perhaps you are contacting a University in a different time zone, or you have just one or two burning admissions questions.

Let us take a moment to review e-mail etiquette, to insure that the admissions office sees you, the potential applicant, in the best possible light.

1. Do not use text-speak. While Miss Admissions acknowledges our day-to-day informal communications may include clever abbreviations and acronyms that save our text-weary thumbs from overuse- Admissions representatives will not be impressed! Rather they will be LOL-(ing) and thinking “R U siris?” Keep in mind that some text-speak is regional, like all slang, and you may be insulting the reader rather than astounding them with your language skills.