A trivia game of questions about the staff of OIA and their work, to help the new Dean of OIA get to know us.

1. Trivial Pursuit
International Admissions and Recruitment Edition

2. Subjects: Geography Literature
Entertainment Science & Nature
History Sports & Leisure

3. Subject: History
Which of the following questions is one I have never been asked
in the past on a recruiting trip?
a) Are you the real Purdue University?
b) Have there been any shootings on your campus?
c) Do you know of any good matchmakers in the U.S.?
d) What is your international retention rate?

4. Answer
b) Have there been any shootings on your campus?

5. Subject: Sports & (non-)Leisure
The average workday on a recruitment tour is 8 hours.
True False

6. Answer
False!
The average work
day on a recruitment
tour is usually around
12 hours.
(Jennifer longs for beach-time breaks
with bon-bons.)

7. Subject: Science & Nature&
Nature
How many software programs does International Admissions
Use?
a) 12
b) 3
c) 5
d) None; we only use paper, typewriters
and carrier pigeons

8. Answer
c) 5
SIS
Sunapsis
Outlook
IUIE
Onbase

9. Subject: Geography
International Admissions processes applications of U.S. citizens.
True False

10. Answer
True!
IF the student has
more than one year of
education outside of the
U.S., then International
Admissions will process the
application.
…although there are exceptions.

11. Subject: Geography
From which country has International Admissions processed an
application in the past year?
a) Madagascar
b) Coraland
c) Paraguay
d) Republic of Mauritius

12. Answer
d) Republic of Mauritius

13. Subject: History
Which of the following is Administrative Support Assistant and Official
Office Baker Tony Wooden’s biggest pet peeve?
a) The student omits his or her zip code on the application
b) The student lists a major that we don’t have, such as chemical
engineering or umbrella engineering
c) Spelling her name on her SAT scores as “Sally Chen”, but as “Ziyi
Chen” on her application, thus resulting in duplicate SIS records for
the same student and an e-mail to the SIS help desk that will be
answered in 4 to 48 hours
d) A 137-page set of course descriptions to scan

14. Answer
C) Spelling her name on her
SAT scores as “Sally Chen”,
but as “Ziyi Chen” on her
application, thus resulting in
duplicate SIS records for the
same student and an emial
to the SIS help desk that will
be answered in 4 to 48
hours
(Sub-question: how many cakes can
Tony make in 48 hours?)

15. Subject: Entertainment
Which of the following entertaining activities does Lead
International Credentials Analyst, Mary Dunaway do during the
workday?
a) Trip students in the hall
b) Have lunch with her husband
c) Shop online for stuffed kittens
d) Take long walks on the canal

16. Answer
Although Mary has been suspected of Student Tripping, the only
activity that has been confirmed that she enjoys is
b) Having lunch with her husband

17. Subject: Literature
What do the following questions have in common?
What undergraduate degree program at IUPUI do you wish to pursue?
As of today, what academic achievement are you most proud of?
Have you been away from school for more than three months?
Have you failed any courses or earned more than one or two poor
grades?
Is there anything else in your background that you want to bring to the
admissions committee’s attention as it reviews your application?

18. Answer
These are all questions
we ask undergraduate
applicants to answer in
their “Statement of
Purpose.”

19. Subject: Science and Nature
Which of the following is Director Jan Aycock’s biggest fear in her OIA
work life?
a) One day the Canadian Geese on this campus will rise up, take over
and fire all the humans in what will be known as the “Water Foul
Revolution”
b) The women’s restroom will be relocated to an even further
location from OIA and she will be reduced to wearing “Depends.”
c) A solar flare will create a magnetic field that will wipe out this
year’s data of admitting 553 undergrads and 697 grads, and she
won’t have anything to compare next year’s data with
d) The graduate “e-app” will increase the number of processing
“nodes” from four to five

20. Answer
b) The women’s restroom will be relocated to an even further
location from OIA and she will be reduced to wearing “Depends.”

21. Subject: History
Where has Marienne Kinsey, International Credentials Analyst
worked in the past?
a) Hallmark Cards
b) As a telemarketer for the Indiana Arborist Society
c) Barnum & Baily Circus as a High-wireist
d) NCAA

22. Answer
d) NCAA
Marienne was a credentials analyst at the NCAA before we stole
her to work at OIA.
She still has dreams of walking the high wire someday.

23. Subject: History
Order the following International Admissions staff
from shortest to longest time with the office:
Ming Liu, International Credentials Analyst
Suzy Younger, International Transfer Credit Analyst
Tony Wooden, Administrative Support Assistant
Cora Schneider, Lead International Credentials Analyst

24. Answer Ming Liu
Cora Schneider
Suzy Younger
Tony Wooden

25. Thanks for playing
Trivial Pursuit
International Admissions and Recruitment Edition