Holistic Review Process – Page 13 – Georgia Tech Admission Blog

But… what do colleges prefer?

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date June 14, 2017
Categories: Activities & Interest, Application Advice, Ashley Brookshire, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Holistic Review Process, Institutional Fit, Junior, Senior

This week we welcome our Regional Director of Admission for the West Coast, Ashley Brookshire, to the blog. Welcome, Ashley! It’s a question I hear often – mostly from families at college fairs who are frantically trying to absorb every available nugget of information available to them in the tight time frame of the event: […]

Kitchen Bars and Common Data Sets

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date June 7, 2017
Categories: Admission Process, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Resources

The Kitchen Bar I am sure that there is a moment in every kid’s life when they regret the fact that their parent has a particular profession. Lots of child-sized thought bubbles like, “Oh. Crap. Why is my mom a doctor? Or in sales? Or a personal trainer?” I can imagine them reading in their […]

Be Cool.

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date March 9, 2017
Categories: College Decision, Defer, Deny, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Waitlist

Listen to the audio version of this blog on the College Admission Brief podcast: Apple | Spotify | Spreaker I am not a big fan of having internet access on flights because it is a huge temptation for me to do work in the air. So one of my new year’s resolutions is to stop getting Wi-Fi […]

You Do You

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date February 7, 2017
Categories: Application Advice, Essays, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Institutional Fit, Junior, Senior

On Sunday afternoon, my wife and I went to a spin class. If you’ve not done one of these, it’s basically a lot of people on stationary bikes in a small, dim room, with music that accompanies it to aid in cadence and motivation. Ultimately, you control your own pace, but the instructor in the […]

Breaking Down The Admission Team: Week 3: The Bench

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date November 30, 2016
Categories: Admission Process, Georgia Tech, Holistic Review Process, Senior

Alright, after a break for the election and Thanksgiving, it’s time to refocus on the important things in life… like Fantasy Football. If you apply to a selective school (schools that have an admit rate of less than 33%), they will use a holistic review process. Given that full-time admission staff also needs to travel […]