This week we welcome Interim Executive Director of Admission, Mary Tipton Woolley, to the blog. Welcome, Mary Tipton! Over the last several years, the Georgia Tech Admission Blog has allowed us to share our knowledge and expertise with a wide audience. As loyal readers know, the main author of the blog, Rick Clark, moved into […]
(Not) about me… and the blog
(Warning: There are a lot of hyperlinks in this blog. If you have an aversion to URLs or words being underlined, proceed with caution. Otherwise, I hope they’ll give you a small sense of what we’ve covered over the last eight years.) For the last 15 years, I have had the privilege of leading Georgia […]
The Basics of College Admission: Part 2
Because our family does not watch a lot of TV, my kids are fascinated by commercials. I’m not necessarily proud to admit they quote these regularly and pause to listen attentively when the Geico gecko speaks or the Audi logo flashes on the screen. While I could not tell you who is currently promoting specific […]
Application Tips for Activities and Leadership
Listen to “Episode 16: Application Tips for Activities and Leadership – Rick Clark” on Spreaker. Earlier this week, The Common Application sent out an email indicating 166,948 students have created an account to start the process of applying to college this year. If you are a senior working on your application, you will find the […]
College Admission Brief Podcast
We started the GT Admission Blog in 2015. At the time, I had a regular Thursday afternoon “running meeting” with our former director of enrollment communications, Matt McLendon. We’d set off with a full agenda to cover, but inevitably somewhere along the Beltline I’d start rambling about a particular challenge or admission issue. One day (mid-run/ […]