This year we moved our Regular Decision Deadline from January 10 to January 1. When we initially made the call to change the date, one of my boss’s biggest concerns was that “we would ruin New Year’s Eve” by “making them” stay in to apply to Tech. My counter was two-fold. First, the application opens […]
Breaking Down The Admission Team: Week 4: Wide Receivers and Running Backs
One hot August night during college, a friend of mine (who happened to be the starting center on our football team) and I got pulled over by a cop who immediately started berating us about the speed limit and asking why we were out so late and if we had been drinking (we had not). […]
College Admission: Same as it Ever Was?
This week we welcome Regional Director of Admission, Mid-Atlantic, Kathleen Voss to the blog! In the college admission world, I am considered a dinosaur – which is a polite way of saying I am a fossil. To put things into perspective, the summer after college, the president walked into my office and said, “We’re implementing […]
On the Road Again…
This week I’ve been on the road traveling to spread the good word about Georgia Tech, or as I say, “Preaching the GT gospel.” I love this part of my job, even though I don’t get to do it as much as I used to. There are many days when I’m in a meeting with […]
The Logical Connections Between College Admissions & Lasting Friendships
This summer I am moderating two conference panels for enrollment/admission leaders to share their career advice and insight. We are all concerned, no matter what our profession, with succession planning, i.d. identifying the “next generation” of talent. Maybe it’s just because its graduation season and I’ve been reading or listening to a lot of speakers lately, […]