This week Senior Associate Director of Admission, Mary Tipton Woolley, joins us on the blog. Welcome, Mary Tipton! My daughter started kindergarten this week, and it seems like only yesterday she was born. Such a cliche, but oh so true! In preparing for the start of school, I decided to write her a letter. When […]
Our Bad. Your Problem.
We had an office retreat last week. One session included a quiz on Gen Z vernacular. While our results were kept anonymous, I’m going to out myself and admit I did not score what most would define as high. “‘Ship them’, ‘Sips Tea,’ ‘Goat.’” As I watched one unfamiliar phrase after another pop up on […]
Ask The Same Questions, again and again…
If you have ever been to Chick-Fil-A, you know their staff will always respond to your thanks with “My pleasure.” Customer: “Thank you for the ketchup.” Staffer: “My pleasure.” Customer: “Thank you for the lemonade.” Staffer: “My pleasure.” Customer: “Thanks for the sandwich.” Staffer: “My pleasure.” I once tried saying, “Thanks for saying ‘my pleasure,’” and received […]
Ask Better Questions
In the world of college admission there is always debate about the “best school” in the nation. As quickly as someone holds up Stanford or Harvard, someone else will poke holes in the methodology, or challenge that they may not be tops for every major, and so on and so forth. There are so many varying “sources” […]
Breaking Down the Admission Team: Week 1: Defense/Special Teams
I’ve written before about our office’s Fantasy Football league. At one point, everyone was working at Tech, but now many are now at other schools, or other departments around campus. The weekly match-ups bring banter, side bets, entertaining emails, and group texts with heckling emojis. If you have played Fantasy Football, you know that while […]