Parents – Page 14 – Georgia Tech Admission Blog

Why Go to College?

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date August 10, 2016
Categories: Activities & Interest, Admission Process, Georgia Tech, Institutional Fit, Junior, Misconceptions, Parents, Prospective Student, Resources, Senior

This week we welcome one of our admission counselors, Laila Flores, to the blog. Take it away, Laila! Why go to college? Our Director, Rick Clark, likes to ask prospective students first why they want to go to college, and next, to consider where they will best study. I could not agree with more with […]

The Welcome Manual, Step 3: “Holy Cats! Keep Singing!”

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date August 3, 2016
Categories: Georgia Tech, Parents, Resources, Senior

Songs at Bedtime I have two kids, ages 8 and 5. They’re hilarious, quirky, and a ton of fun– but they also have boundless energy. Which means at night you don’t just tuck ’em in and walk out; otherwise, in the morning, you’ll find a fort made of disassembled furniture held together by Play Doh, […]

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 […]

Ice Cream is the answer!

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date April 24, 2016
Categories: Admission Process, Application Advice, College Decision, Georgia Tech, Motivation, Parents, Senior

If you’ve been reading much surrounding the world of college admission this year, you’ve heard about the report out of Harvard called Turning the Tide. In this report, there is a call for colleges to attempt to minimize the stress in the process by not putting as much emphasis on test scores, redefining achievement and […]

The Waitlist…yea, you know. Part 3.

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date March 23, 2016
Categories: Admission Process, Deposit, Georgia Tech, Parents, Questions, Resources, Senior, Waitlist

Good news, bad news. Good news is my editor just had a baby. That means the filter is off and you’re going to get an even more concentrated dose of transparency. Bad news is my editor just had a baby. That means the clean sections, readability, and schedule of these blog entries is going to […]