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Hang Your Picture

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date May 21, 2020
Categories: Ashley Brookshire, Guest Blogger, Managing Stress, Motivation, Prospective Student, Time Management

Listen to “Episode 13: Hang Your Picture – Ashley Brookshire” on Spreaker. This week we welcome Regional Director of Admission (West Coast) Ashley Brookshire to the blog. Welcome, Ashley! At the risk of making myself vulnerable in front of our applicant pool (which, in my experience, is filled with ambitious, intrinsically motivated, mindful, and steadfast students), I […]

Dreaming

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date May 13, 2020
Categories: Dr. Rafael Bras, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Motivation, Parents

This week we welcome Dr. Rafael L. Bras, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, to the blog. Welcome, Dr. Bras! Over the past few months, I have worked harder than ever and certainly worried more than ever. I have been worrying about family, friends, colleagues, Georgia Tech, the nation, the world. But the […]

Class of 2020: Great Minds Think Differently

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date April 10, 2020
Categories: Managing Stress, Motivation, Prospective Student, Senior

Listen to “Great Minds Think Differently. Episode 7- Rick Clark” on Spreaker. Each year after we release admission decisions in March, I spend time cleaning up my office. After weeks of committee, reviewing predictive models, and hosting ad nauseum meetings, the room is typically littered with Coke cans, candy wrappers, errant scratch paper with quick […]

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 […]

You GET To Do This!

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date October 2, 2018
Categories: Admission Process, Georgia Tech, Motivation

Listen to the audio version here! A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend time walking around farms in South Georgia as part of a leadership program. It was fascinating to hear farmers’ perspectives on everything from supply and demand to organic growing practices; from their daily monitoring and speculation about consumer behavior […]