Listen to the podcast! Apple | Spotify | Spreaker If we received over 5,000 applications, how did we not end up enrolling over 1,000 students this year? Wait. You are telling me we are a public college, and we get more applications from outside of our state than from residents within it? I am deeply concerned. We admitted […]
Launching Your College Application
This week we welcome the Director of Communications for Enrollment Management, Becky Tankersley, to the blog. In early September, you may have noticed a change in Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Admission website. After (many!) months of talking, planning, building, and testing, the new admission website was ready for action! From a user’s perspective, the new website […]
How Does the Admission Review Timeline Work?
This week we welcome Assistant Director of Digital Media, Samantha Rose-Sinclair to the blog. Welcome back, Sammy! Listen to the podcast! Apple | Spotify | Spreaker | Google Have you ever wondered how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade works? Or how sneezing works? What about the Manhattan Grid? One of my favorite podcasts (besides ours, cough […]
How the Olympics Explain College Admission– Part 2
Listen to “How the Olympics Explain Admission – Rick Clark” on Spreaker. In Part 1, we looked at the two fundamental ways American colleges make admission decisions. Now that you know how colleges review applications, it’s time to look at three important ways you should approach your college admission experience like an Olympian. 1) Train For Event – Not The Result. Don’t get me wrong. I love watching the actual Olympic competitions: […]
How the Olympics Explain College Admission– Part I
Like much of the world, our family was hooked on the Olympics for the last two weeks. So many incredible stories of perseverance and life-long dreams, not to mention many memorable performances. We were distraught by the early losses of US Women’s soccer and Men’s basketball teams, elated by the heart and spirit of Suni […]