Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), celebrated its fortieth anniversary in 2005. A relatively new university, it has nevertheless seen tremendous changes over the past four decades. As admissions officers, registrars and other student services professionals know, the rate of change is continuing to increase dramatically. But, fortunately, the focus is returning to the student; it was not always clear that was the case. In this article, the author presents what the world of admissions officers and registrars has looked like from the point of view of a Simon Fraser University student who started school in 1965, 1975, and so on.