Category: College Decision

College Knowledge

I have written before about how colleges don’t make differentiation easy Brochures show warm sunny days that are not too breezy Students of various ethnicities study happily under trees  Or gaze pensively into the distance wearing school hoodies overseas They smile while throwing a Frisbee- not an easy task, my friends Or sip a smoothie […]

What’s Now?

“Let’s get a FastPass for Everest, run to Pandora, and then we can be to Epcot by noon.” “If we alternate getting lunch while the others stand in line, we’ll only have a 30 minute wait each.” These were just a couple of the “suggestions” I heard during our day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom last […]

Would You Rather…?

Would You Rather…? Yep. This question was a big part of the Olympic viewing experience at our house.  Would you rather have no training and compete in the Skeleton OR Ski Jump? Personally, I’m going Skeleton all the way here. Sure, it would be moderately terrifying to go that fast, but worst case you roll […]

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 […]

Position vs. Disposition

This week I concluded my term on Georgia Tech’s Staff Council- a group of 20 members elected to represent the nearly 7,000 staff on campus to our President and Executive Leadership Team. We serve as the staff’s official voice to the administration and attempt to advocate for ways to enhance the employee experience and elevate suggestions, […]