University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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l t et into - University while it judges him. As such, said Cairns, it fthe Bureauj has been unique in colleges around the country. If a high school senior becomes enraptured with U-D and writes for admission, the Registrar, Mr. Joseph A. Berkowski, receives his applica- tion. An average below a C is automatically eliminated, But if a student rests between a B and a C, the decision is made on entrance and placement tests taken during the summer. The College of General Studies receives those who are acceptable but need further preparation. The entrance and placement tests taken during the summer are administered by a stopwatch- armed proctor from the Registrafs office, and originate and are checked by the Psychological Service Center, under the direction of Richard P. Dorais. These tests are duplicated and sent to pertinent files in the University. One more is kept on file at the center. The number of applications last year totaled 2,300. Of this number, 1,660 were accepted and 1,028 accepted their acceptance. r--' c 5 f 1 .. ' Q . , I Nl i 'ff T I rf M j I v 1! ! ' -hnulsv--f ' ---' ' - P- l . . .agua - Many high school seniors who are considering U-D as their future university would like to know exaclly where Ihe Pre-College Counseling ofhce stays. The freshman poses for his ID Card, try- ing to appear unnaturally natural. Finally the entering freshman is in class und inlrozlnced to Ilze routine of U-D life.

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Richard P. Dorais times a student for a psychological test, one of many offered to U-D students at the Psychological Center. Frank A. Cairns plans the students' college schedule for the forthcoming semester. Pre-College Counseling is an aid which saves t11e student time and eHort. Joseph A. Berkowski, Director of Admissions, checks stndents' transcripts. On the basis of these transcripts, the student is accepted or turned down. .. ,Jil V i' I How freshme A high school student usually has but a vague idea of what he wants after graduation. The job of telling him he might want at U-D belongs to the Pre-College Counseling Bureau. The bureau, headed by Frank A. Cairns, per- forms this function by correspondence, and by answering the questions of nearly 5,800 visitors per year. But essentially, the task of first-Contact is handled by the four counselors who travel from the bureau's office in the Science Building to high schools in such places as Kentucky and Connecti- cut, answering high school hopes with information, both practical and idealistic. Though the student may not know exactly what he wants, Cairns and associates have a good idea, both of what the student will need, and of what U-D requires. Even if the potential U-D student is interested in engineering or commerce, the liberal arts courses are featured as the core of Jesuit education. And, in most cases, the student will have to present a B average from high school to get this education. So the dual purpose of Pre-College Counseling is to offer the student a chance to judge the

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