This week we welcome Associate Director for Guest Experience, Andrew Cohen, to the blog. Welcome, Andrew! As admission counselors are busy reading applications, campus visit teams are busy preparing for spring visits! From President’s Day until the end of the spring semester we will host thousands of visitors at Georgia Tech. Whether you’re a sophomore or […]
Planning for Success: How to Build Your High School Course Schedule
This week we welcome Assistant Director of Admission, Danielle Foote, to the blog. Welcome, Danielle! It’s the most wonderful time of the year…course registration season! Call me nerdy, but I always loved the fresh promise of a new year with an open schedule, a course catalog of classes I couldn’t wait to try out, and […]
Snowflakes & Small Talk: Handling College Questions with Confidence
Tis the season for family gatherings and lots of questions. Last year around this time I posted a survival guide for juniors and seniors who are about to navigate winter break, and I believe in it so much that we’re sharing it again (for the people in the back!). So many things can change in a year […]
The blog post about money! Pt. 2
This fall my quadruplet cousins started college. Yes. Four people, all at once. When they say it takes a village to raise a child, that is of course quadrupled for four children – it has been a team effort. And while money is a general anxiety with four children (never mind all at the same […]
Three Messages about College Admissions for Juniors
Warning: The subtitle of this blog is “That you may not like to hear.” And unlike most of my intros, we’re not going to waste time or words on analogies, personal anecdotes, or admittedly stretched parallels. Instead, after watching this cycle repeat itself, here are the three direct messages/ primary hopes I have for juniors […]