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What is taking so long?

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date February 27, 2020
Categories: Admission Process, College Decision, Course Rigor, Defer, Holistic Review Process, Managing Stress, Senior, Waitlist

Listen to “How Are College Admission Applications Reviewed? Episode 3: Mary Tipton Woolley” on Spreaker. Every parent develops their own strategy for how to fend off the inevitable question kids ask on road trips: “When will we get there?” Early on, I decided the best way to help a toddler understand distance was to use […]

Lice (and admission) Lessons

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date February 14, 2020
Categories: Application Advice, Defer, Deny, Managing Stress, Parents, Waitlist

Three years ago, I wrote a blog about my family getting lice. Here is how it went down. Cue dream sequence… My wife called to tell me some horrible news. “Our daughter has lice.” “Oh, crap.” “No. Lice. She has to leave school.” “Okay. Got it.” Since my wife works at a hospital she can’t […]

Remember The Important Things

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date December 5, 2019
Categories: Defer, Georgia Tech, Institutional Fit, Managing Stress, Motivation, Parents, Resources, Senior

What am I forgetting? Sunday, December 1 7:13 a.m. – I awake to the faint sound of singing. This is not typical. Groggily, I open my eyes and look over at my wife. Dead asleep. 7:15 a.m. – I drag myself out of bed, pull on a shirt, and shuffle to the bathroom exhausted. After […]

Still Waiting…

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date December 13, 2018
Categories: College Decision, Defer, Deposit, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Managing Stress, Samantha Rose-Sinclair, Waitlist

This week we welcome Senior Admission Counselor Samantha Rose-Sinclair to the blog. Welcome, Sammy! My “quarter life commitment” came in the form of my first home purchase this summer, and I quickly learned buying a home doesn’t happen in half an hour as House Hunters will have you believe. I know. I was just as shocked as […]

Preparation Day

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date November 28, 2018
Categories: Admission Process, Defer, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Managing Stress, Waitlist

Listen to Preparation Day on the College Admission Brief podcast!: Spreaker | Spotify | Apple Podcasts On Sunday my son and I went to the Atlanta United Eastern Conference Championship game against the New York Red Bulls. During the tailgate, I got a text from a friend that read: “My daughter was deferred. We were […]