Messiah College Media Mentions

Changing high school demographics are creating a new challenge for colleges and universities. John Chopka, vice president for enrollment management, talks about Messiah’s response in a March 8 Central Penn Business Journal article.

Read “Colleges and universities  fight harder for students.”

John Chopka, vice president for enrollment, recently answered admissions-related questions for College Xpress, a website devoted to providing straight-forward answers to students and parents about college.

Read “Advice for college from higher ed experts: John Chopka, admissions.”

Messiah College vice president for enrollment John Chopka contributed to a January 14 USA Today/College article about how high school students should present themselves on college applications and in admissions interviews. Chopka’s advice? ” “A list of honors and accomplishments can be quite impressive, but we also like to know what inspires a student to achieve.”

Read “Personal branding tips for college applicants.”

John Chopka, vice president for enrollment management, talks about Messiah’s commitment to make applying to college less stressful by waiving the application rate prior to November 15 and accepting students on a rolling basis. Chopka’s comments appeared in an Oct. 19 U.S. News & World Report article. The story was also picked up by the Huffington Post.

Read “How to apply for college for free.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, was charged with answering the question, “Why choose a Christian college?” in a recent edition of College Xpress.

Read “Why choose a Christian college?”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, offered helpful advice for parents of first-year college students in an August 8 Harrisburg Patriot-News article.

Read “What to discuss before college.”

Greg Gearhart, director of financial aid at Messiah, is one of several financial aid officers who responded to AOL’s WalletPop question, “What are the three worst things you can say to a financial aid officer?” The piece was ran on March 11.

Read “The three worst things you can say to a financial aid officer.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment, is quoted in a January 3 Harrisburg Patriot-News article about the value of high schoolers taking AP courses.

Read “AP classes: Par for the course.”

Stealth applicants — or those high schoolers who submit an application to a college without any previous contact — are a mystery to admissions professionals all across the country, according to a December 1 University Business article. John Chopka, Messiah’s vice president for enrollment, agrees that the number of students who make their first contact at the application step are perplexing.

Read “Stealth Apps Up at Colleges.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, answers five questions about processing and interpreting the “U.S. News & World Report” rankings in an August 23 “Carlisle Sentinel” article.

Read “Breaking down the U.S. News college rankings.”