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Make it a summer!

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date May 4, 2016
Categories: Campus Tour, Essays, Georgia Tech, Junior, Managing Stress, Parents, Prospective Student, Questions, Resources, Senior, Time Management

In the world of college admission, March and April are a busy time as campuses host prospective underclassmen, admitted seniors, and their families. Those heavy visit months come right on the heels of an isolated and compressed winter hibernation (also known as application reading season). And that period was immediately preceded by a fall of heavy recruitment […]

The Lies We Tell Ourselves. Part 2: Admission Counselors

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date February 2, 2016
Categories: Essays, Georgia Tech, Misconceptions, School Counselor

CODE RED If you’ve seen A Few Good Men (sidenote: ranks in my wife’s Top 3 of all time) then you remember this exchange in the Navy courtroom as Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) examines Col. Jessep (Jack Nicholson—never married to Cruise) about whether or not he ordered a Code Red that led to the death […]

Holistic Admission – The Struggle is Real (Part 3 of 3)

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date January 15, 2016
Categories: Admission Process, Application Advice, College Decision, Essays, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Resources, Senior

The Do’s and Don’ts of Holistic Admission I know it’s unsettling to read or hear that in holistic review there is little to no certainty. And I realize that uncertainty is one reason anxiety surrounding college admission exists. I don’t have the remedy for eradicating all stress but I do have some tips: As you […]

Let it go!

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date October 9, 2015
Categories: Admission Process, Ashley Brookshire, College Decision, Essays, Georgia Tech, Senior

I have little kids, ages 7 and almost 5. This essentially means that, in attempting to raise them, I say the same things a lot, eat the same things a lot, and watch the same things a lot. It means other things too (like leg hugs) but we’ll just focus on the routine, repetitive nature […]