This week Georgia Tech’s Director of Special Scholarships, Chaffee Viets, is back for the second in a 2-part series about scholarship selection. Welcome back, Chaffee! As I mentioned last week, in my experience as a scholarship director, there are three issues affecting your chances of receiving a major (and sometimes even minor) scholarship: Fit, Numbers, and […]
The Secret Sauce Behind Scholarship Selection (part 1 of 2)
This week Georgia Tech’s Director of Special Scholarships, Chaffee Viets, joins us for the first in a 2-part series about scholarship selection. Welcome, Chaffee! Imagine you are a child playing with a blocks and cutouts set. You have stars, triangles, squares, circles, and rectangles. Each block is made of pure gold. You place all of […]
Two Sides of the Same Story
This Saturday we will release admission decisions. On Friday, we will gather our entire staff in a room we affectionately call the “collaboratory” or the “collaborodome”—a big space including about 12 work stations, a few white boards, a flat screen, and more forms of chocolate than you find in most grocery stores. First, we will […]
Don’t Cheat Yourself
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great break and are ready for school to kick back off. Okay, well, one out of two ain’t bad. Today’s Disclaimers: Today’s post is for high school seniors. If you are not a senior, you are still welcome to read it. This post acknowledges the presence of […]