Listen to the Podcast: Spreaker | Spotify | Apple Podcasts This week we welcome current Admission Digital Media Student Assistant Sarah Engel to the blog. Welcome, Sarah! This admission blog has long been written by experts in application evaluation, the admission counselors themselves. But they’ve always hoped you would seek out additional voices in your college […]
Is That a Good School?
Listen to the podcast: Spreaker | Spotify | Apple Podcasts On Sunday after lunch, I was watching college football highlights, when the back-and-forth battle in Happy Valley between the University of Illinois and Penn State came on. At the time, my 10-year-old daughter was stretching on the living room floor next to me (something I […]
Launching Your College Application
This week we welcome the Director of Communications for Enrollment Management, Becky Tankersley, to the blog. In early September, you may have noticed a change in Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Admission website. After (many!) months of talking, planning, building, and testing, the new admission website was ready for action! From a user’s perspective, the new website […]
How the Olympics Explain College Admission– Part 2
Listen to “How the Olympics Explain Admission – Rick Clark” on Spreaker. In Part 1, we looked at the two fundamental ways American colleges make admission decisions. Now that you know how colleges review applications, it’s time to look at three important ways you should approach your college admission experience like an Olympian. 1) Train For Event – Not The Result. Don’t get me wrong. I love watching the actual Olympic competitions: […]
The Top 1 Question to Ask in YOUR College Admission Experience
Listen to “The Top 1 Question to Ask In YOUR College Admission Experience – Rick Clark” on Spreaker. A few years ago, I wrote That One Thing. This blog opens with an embarrassing personal travel story (returning readers will note a pattern) and goes on to suggest that the most important thing you can do in the college admission experience is to listen– to counselors, parents, older […]