Thank you for being a part of the 2025 Virtual Orientation Leader (VOL) Application Reading Team! Your work is incredibly valuable to help us select our 2025-2026 VOL cohort. If you have any questions, please contact Analise Iwanski (Program Manager for First Year Communications and Engagement) at aniw@uw.edu, or give her a call at 206-685-9664.
This is going to be your most-used document for the application reading! You can find further instructions and the scoring sheet where you will track all application scores, plus make sure to note down the hours you work!
Consider keeping this document open alongside your scoring sheet, so that you can reference what the questions are asking in the applications.
This is where you will find the applications you will be reading for each round — navigate to the folder with your name to find the PDF with the applications.
Review the presentation from our Reading Team training to refresh your memory of the importants elements of being a fair and impartial application reader.
Need a bit more of a refresher? Check out the recording from the Reading Team training!
For training and further practice, review these sample application questions and score each of the two candidates accordingly.
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