This week we welcome Senior Associate Director of Admission Mary Tipton Woolley to the blog. Welcome, Mary Tipton! I’m doing what we tell students not to do in their essay—writing about how sports are a parallel to life. But please indulge me for a minute. In fact, if you want to skip past my life story and […]
Tryouts, Part 2
Is Facebook attempting to take over the world? Do their seemingly benign terms like connection and algorithm really cover a secret plot to install a Zuckerbergian World Order? I don’t know. This is not that kind of blog. What I’m really doing is telling you I got a Facebook memory this week from my son’s […]
I Have a Brother
Listen to “Episode 26: I Have A Brother (Growing Through Disappointment) – Rick Clark” on Spreaker. Chapter 1 I have a brother. Like many little boys he grew up playing sports. His favorite was basketball. He practiced and worked hard and dreamed of making the school team. But it didn’t happen. He wanted to be […]
The College Visit Checklist
This week we welcome Associate Director for Guest Experience, Andrew Cohen, to the blog. Welcome, Andrew! Back in November I wrote a blog post about moving to Atlanta over the summer, and how that move was a big step out of my comfort zone. I often think back on my initial interview and visit to Atlanta. […]
A (Fox) Worthy Approach to College
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in January 2016. When asked to name some of the greatest minds in history, many would respond with Plato, DaVinci, Descartes, or Tesla. Certainly there would be controversy in assembling such a list, and ordering would be nearly impossible.. However, when it comes to establishing a clear front-runner today, […]