COLLEGE ADMISSION BRIEF

This week, Senior Assistant Director Katie Mattli breaks down everything you need to know about Georgia Tech's waitlist. We talk about how and when we notify students, how we assess our waitlist, and provide more information for your next steps. previous waitlist episodes can be found here and here.

This month, Transfer Program Manager Lasean Price joins us to demystify the details and requirements of our various transfer pathway programs. All Georgia Tech Transfer Pathway ProgramsTransfer Pathway FAQHear more from our transfer counselors: Transfer Pathway Video Playlist

Rick and Sammy share tips and insights for deferred students, and pull back the curtain on what goes on in the Georgia Tech Office of Undergraduate Admission leading up to decision release.Deferral insights: 1:03Decision week insights: 14:15submit your question: https://b.gatech.edu/3RRo1rq

We're back! In today's episode, Rick Clark and Sammy Rose-Sinclair catch everyone up with a look back on the evolution of the College Admission Brief, and discuss a shift in the direction it's headed. They kick off the show's new focus by easing some anxiety surrounding document deadlines for Georgia Tech, and answering whether self-reporting standardized test-scores has any impact on admission review.We'll be back soon with an episode on next steps for deferred applicants at Georgia Tech, then look forward to returning next year with our new content and monthly schedule! NACAC Podcast NetworkFirst-Year Admission Deadlines

Happy 100! The College Admission Brief was created for students and their support networks from the very start, so today, we're celebrating number 100 with an episode of questions from you!

Suggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3This week, AVP and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark shares nuances in GPAs and standardized tests, and what students might instead focus on to encourage their success in their admission experience.Blog part 1: https://b.gatech.edu/3qgV38HBlog part 2: https://b.gatech.edu/3eyWddb

In this blog and recording from 2018, AVP and Executive Director of Admission Rick Clark offers his reflections to students and their parents about finding the right institution for them.Read the blog: https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2018/06/06/hey-ya/

This week, AVP and Executive Director of Admission Rick Clark explores the reasons behind a colleges application deadlines, the different college application plans, and how students can stay on top of these throughout the process.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3cki5aRSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

Bringing wealth of knowledge in the college admission search process, Brennan Barnard (Director of College Counseling at Khan Lab School) shares how students can find and utilize open data about colleges to inform their search process.

Assistant Director of Admission and Digital Media Sammy Rose-Sinclair joins Dr. John Durante to talk about Georgia Tech and our admission process on his show, the College Admission Process Podcast. Listen to the full episode-Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3MXPYeiSpotify: https://spoti.fi/39sUKCKOr, search “College Admission Process” on your preferred podcast platform.

It's high school graduation season for the Class of 2022! This week, AVP and Executive Director of Admission Rick Clark shares messages of wisdom, guidance, and support for graduating seniors as they prepare to start their next chapter.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/38yROEbSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

Getting ready for your student to head to college? This week we're joined by Georgia Tech's Director of Parent & Family Programs, Laci Weeden, as she shares helpful tips for parents and supporting adults on how to navigate the transition from home to campus. Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/39P3eDWSubmit your own question to be answered on a future episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

With early May college decision dates now behind us, AVP and Executive Director of Admission Rick Clark shares advice and hopes for the parents and guardians of the next class of students to apply to college.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3P8lJndSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

This week, Associate Director of Guest Experience, Andrew Cohen shares insights into ways that admitted students can refine and reframe their campus visit questions to help guide them in making a final college choice.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3K5mppFSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

This week, Regional Director of Admission for the Mid Atlantic, Kathleen Voss, is back to provide an update on her daughter's college search journey and the process and factors that her family is using to make a final choice.Suggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

It might be April, but we're talking March Madness this week with AVP and Executive Director of Admission, Rick Clark. Rick shares parallels between making it to the big dance and admission to college, as well as the considerations that admission representatives look at in waitlist and major review.Read the blog:https://b.gatech.edu/36TQSJZSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

Deferrals, waitlists, and rejections are all part of the college admission process, but difficult to face. Admission Director Rick Clark tries to soothe some of the anxiety and frustration by explaining the missions behind college admission.Read the blog post here: https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2017/05/16/admission-its-not-fair/Share a question or topic you'd like discussed in an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

Inspired by a recent message from a young student concerned about college admission, Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark discusses his hopes for the perspective that underclassmen will have when looking ahead at college.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/36CTmvKSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3P.S... curious about the whistle you heard? https://traditions.gatech.edu/whistle.html

The dreaded waitlist decision is inevitable for many students applying to college. This week on the podcast, Executive Director of Admission Rick Clark explains why students get waitlisted and offers them advice on how to move forward.Read the full article on our admission blog here: https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2019/03/06/the-waitlist-still-sucks/

This week, Regional Director of Admission for the Mid Atlantic, Kathleen Voss, provides perspective while she parents her daughter through her admission experience and decisions. Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3I87cUsSuggest a question or topic for an upcoming episode: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

This Valentine's Day, we're taking quite the contrarian approach to holiday norms and deep diving into discipline records. Undergraduate Admission Director Rick Clark explains how a student's discipline history is reviewed through the lens of the holistic admission process.Read the blog here: https://b.gatech.edu/3HXuFrmHave a question you'd like us to discuss on a future episode? Leave it here: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

This week, Admission Director Rick Clark shares a few messages of advice and perspective for parents and guardians of college applicants- listen, and read more messages for parents below! Three Messages Parents of High School Students Need to Hear About College Admission (blog)Part One: https://b.gatech.edu/3HLe9uNPart Two: https://b.gatech.edu/3HLeailHave a question you'd like us to discuss on a future episode? Leave it here: https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3

It can be tempting to rip open the envelope and solve the mystery without actually finishing the game of Clue. Undergraduate Admission Director Rick Clark explains why making the most of your college admission experience is worth it in the end.Read the article on our Admission Blog here: https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2019/01/30/admission-mystery-follow-the-clues/

NEW: Submit a question or topic for a future episode! https://b.gatech.edu/3GD2Yn3This week Assistant Director of Admission & Digital Media Sammy Rose-Sinclair discusses holistic academic review and the limitations comparing GPAs as an indicator of a future admission decisionRead the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3ruIq9Z

This week, we welcome our first student podcast and blog guest, Sarah Engel! Sarah chats with Rick about the skewed perspective on college admission that movies, TV, and social media give, and offers and important reminder to take a break from the screen.Read the blog: Normal People, Hulu: https://hulu.tv/3dWKXn5

On this week's episode, we're bringing back a 2017 reading of Rick Clark's blog for students as they await admission decisions: Be CoolRead the blog: https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2017/03/09/be-cool/

Georgia Tech's Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark offers a Thanksgiving reflection to high school students and their parents.A note—while this episode discusses parent/student relationships, we also hope you'll share these reflections with guardians, loved ones, and trusted adults supporting you in your admission experience.

From her recent career change of college & career counseling to admission, to her fantastic media recommendations (see below), Tara Miller (Assistant Director of Admissions at St. Mary's University) shares valuable insights and lessons learned through the lens of new perspectives.Recommendations Reservation Dogs https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogsWonder Years: https://abc.com/shows/the-wonder-yearsWhat If… : https://bit.ly/32jVS7PMuhammad Ali: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/muhammad-ali/The 19th News: https://19thnews.org/

Happy First Gen Day! For this year's First-Generation College Celebration, Georgia Tech's first First-Generation and Limited Income Program & Operations Manager, Dr. Charmaine Troy, joins us to share her insights. Listen for thoughts on finding community, navigating imposture syndrome, and reminders about scholarships and deadlines.More on Dr. Troy's work at Georgia Tech: https://b.gatech.edu/3khocOa

It's time to change the question of "Is that a good school?" to "Is that a good school

Happy National Transfer Student Week! Associate director of operations and transfer, Chad Bryant, joins us to provide tips, insight, and resources for students and their support networks as they navigate transfer admission.ResourcesNational Student Clearinghouse Research Center: https://bit.ly/35gUvECNational Institute for the Study of Transfer Students: https://www.nists.org/American Association of Community Colleges: https://bit.ly/2ILu8iNNACAC: https://bit.ly/2HnaNE0Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: https://www.jkcf.orgThe Aspen Institute: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/Adam Grant book and social: https://www.adamgrant.net/book/think-again/

Planning out your college visits? Associate Director of Guest Experience, Andrew Cohen, and Senior Assistant Director of Admission, Katie Faussmagne, share their insights on when to visit virtually vs in person, and how to make the most of different visit opportunities available.College Visit Bingo: b.gatech.edu/3BJtqZY

Have you ever wondered how colleges know how many students to admit? Or all the sequence that admission deans everywhere have to consider between identifying prospective students, and enrolling a class? Undergraduate Admission Director Rick Clark digs into the process in this week's episode. Lot's of numbers and rates to unpack here, so if you have lingering questions you'd like us to follow up on, let us know on social: @gtadmissionRead the blog (Spoiler alert: the BS rate isn't quite as scandalous as we made it out to be): https://b.gatech.edu/3lcaLjBRead more from last year's blog, Nuance in the Numbers: https://b.gatech.edu/3AarBDH

The FAFSA and CSS profile are available for submission starting later this week. Need to brush up on the basics of financial aid before then? Assistant Director Larry Stokes and Regional Director of Admission Kathleen Voss walk you through financial aid 101. Resources mentioned in the episode:Careeronestop (US Department of Labor): https://bit.ly/careeronestopscholarshipsCollege Board: https://www.collegeboard.orgFast Web: https://www.fastweb.com/Scholarship America: https://scholarshipamerica.org

This week, Senior Admission Counselor Caroline Cox discusses how admission counselors consider the context of a student's environment, interests, and the pandemic, to review their extracurricular involvements

In this episode, Assistant Director of Digital Media Sammy Rose-Sinclair walks students through the steps of the admission process from a counselor's perspectives, and the types of priorities and conversations we're having as we review.

This week, Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark shares insights on how colleges review applications in part one of his blog, as well as ways you should approach your college admission experience like an Olympian.Blog, part one: https://b.gatech.edu/3zVUwvOBlog, part two: https://b.gatech.edu/3tckRn5

This week, Senior Assistant Director Katie Mattli talks to Admission Director Rick Clark about how admission counselors are reviewing changes to students' academics during covid, and how students can best communicate those changes on their application.

What questions should students be asking in their college admission experience? Who should they be asking? Julian Taylor talks to Admission Director Rick Clark to share his insights. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits/

In this week's episode of the Basics of College Admission 2.0 series, Admission Director, Rick Clark, and Assistant Director of Digital Media, Sammy Rose-Sinclair, share thoughts on finding your “why” and choosing an essay topic.

What's the question? And why should you be asking? Georgia Tech Admission Director Rick Clark discusses in this week's episodeJohn Meacham Podcasts-Hope Through History: https://www.history.com/hope-through-historyIt Was Said: https://www.history.com/it-was-said-podcast

Recha Reid is Assistant Director for Student Innovation and Undergraduate Research for the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) at Georgia Tech. On this episode, she discusses the details of research opportunities for undergraduate students, and how high school students can start exploring research now. More on Recha: http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/about-us/who-we-are

Introducing the Basics of College Admission 2.0. In the coming months, we'll be sharing episodes on asking good questions during the college admission search, answering the community disruption question, academic review within the context of Covid, applied opportunities you might look out for at the colleges you're applying to, and more. We'll see you back here tomorrow for the first episode on research opportunities in college!Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Message us on social media (gtadmission)

Before the Common Application opens for submission for the 2021-2022 year this weekend, we're bringing back a reading of Admission Director Rick Clark's 2018 blog, The Other SideRead the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3iRpqy7Listen to the song, The Other Side, from the Greatest Showman: https://youtu.be/Wk008ADh4iY

In this episode Rick shares how mission plays into admission decisions, and how students might consider their own missions & what's important to them as they begin their college search. Big Future: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/Niche: https://www.niche.com/Campus Pride Index: https://www.campusprideindex.org/Colleges that Change Lives: https://ctcl.org/Read the "Mission Matters" blog: https://b.gatech.edu/2Uz07cfRead the “NEEDED-New College Admissions Map" blog: https://b.gatech.edu/2VYaJS9

As he prepares for his second, first day of work and a new role with the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Jeff Schiffman, Director of Admission at Tulane University, sits down with Rick to share last pieces of advice with students and parents, and his hopes for the future of college admission. Jeff's recommendations:Greater New Orleans Foundation: https://www.gnof.org/ Tulane University Admission Blog: http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/Georgia Tech Admission Blog, “Is it OK if I…?” : https://b.gatech.edu/3kdtWtpCalm App: https://www.calm.com/Peloton App: https://www.onepeloton.com/Designing Your Life: https://designingyour.life/Trevor Noah, Born A Crime: https://g.co/kgs/jQ45mh

Throughout the year, you've heard Georgia Tech's Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark share his predictions for the 2020-2021 application cycle. How'd they turn out? Well, it depends! Listen as Rick takes a look back at his predictions, and shares a look forward at what the outcomes mean for future college applicants.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3xZyHdo

How will you be described by others one day? What will your sentence be? Georgia Tech Football's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Lewis Caralla joins Admission Director Rick Clark, as Caralla discusses earning your sentence, and surrounding yourself with people who move you forward.Follow Coach Caralla:Instagram: https://instagram.com/lewcarallaTwitter: https://twitter.com/LewisCarallaWatch the video: https://bit.ly/3zExuKgRead the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3wE4ssw

Slighty different length and logo, but overall still the same College Admission Brief. Thank you so much for listening over the past year, we'll be back with a new episode Monday!

Giving 110%? Call us cynics, but that just doesn’t add up! Instead, Admission Director Rick Clark makes a case for controlling what you can control, and focusing on the parts of the admission cycle that you own as an applicant... your 75%. Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3frwzoz

In this extended episode, Senior Assistant Director of Admission Katie Faussmagne, and Regional Director of Admission Kathleen Voss, join Admission Director Rick Clark for their first chat about parenting through the admission experience.Read the blog: https://b.gatech.edu/3fFOjLR