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The Best of Intentions

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date May 30, 2019
Categories: Admission Process, Ashley Brookshire, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Questions, Resources

This week we welcome Regional Director of Admission (West Coast) Ashley Brookshire to the blog. Welcome, Ashley! I love stories of wild animals mistakenly brought into people’s homes. While some of these stories are fake, it’s easy for us to believe that it could happen. You know the drill. It starts with a well-meaning, kind hearted (yet […]

An Inconvenient Opportunity

Author By Becky Tankersley
Publication date May 17, 2019
Categories: Admission Process, Becky Tankersley, Campus Tour, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Managing Stress, Prospective Student, Questions

This week we welcome Communications Manager for Strategy and Enrollment Planning (and former Assistant Director of Admission) Becky Tankersley back to the blog. Welcome, Becky! It was a rainy Mother’s Day in Georgia last week. Still a lovely day, but weather-wise it was dreary with showers that came and went throughout the day. In mid-afternoon […]

I Wish I Knew…

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date May 9, 2019
Categories: Application Advice, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Institutional Fit, Questions, Sparkle Hodge

This week we welcome Senior Admission Counselor Sparkle Hodge to the blog. Welcome, Sparkle! Back when I was in high school I remember having lots of questions and no one to answer them but Jeeves. Some of you may be too young to remember Jeeves, but he served as a guru to countless lost souls. […]

Burn The Ships!

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date April 17, 2019
Categories: Admission Process, Deposit, Georgia Tech, Institutional Fit, Prospective Student, Questions, Resources

Listen to the audio version here. Last week I drove my family back from Florida after spring break. On the way, they watched the movie Hitch. Yes, you heard that correctly. I was driving and my two kids (ages 8 and 10) were watching a movie about a date doctor in New York. Yes, my […]

Which Activities Will Make Me Competitive?

Author By Rick Clark
Publication date April 12, 2019
Categories: Activities & Interest, Application Advice, Georgia Tech, Guest Blogger, Katie Mattli, Questions, Time Management

This week we welcome Senior Assistant Director of Admission Katie Mattli to the blog. Welcome, Katie! After reading Samantha’s blog on finding joy in your college search, I realized we were on to a theme. This particular post is not about making your college list, but the same case can be built to reframe how […]