{"481091":{"#nid":"481091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Take Part in Undergraduate Admission Process","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThis week, thousands of students will find out if they were accepted to Georgia Tech during the early action round of applications, and thousands of others will apply for admission during the regular decision round.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThis year, more than 14,500 students applied during early action \u2014 a 27 percent increase over last year. With Georgia Tech continuing to get more competitive, the Office of Undergraduate Admission has been looking for ways to better evaluate the growing pool of candidates.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EFor the second year in a row, faculty members are being brought in during the final round of conversations \u2014 called \u201ccohort review\u201d \u2014 to help identify the best candidates for their academic programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cThe goal is to help people around campus understand how admission decisions are made, and to bring people into the process who look with a different lens and will help us make the best decisions,\u201d said Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThis year, faculty members from four of Tech\u2019s six colleges will participate in cohort review. The students who are evaluated during cohort review are already academically qualified, so faculty are there to take a more nuanced look at applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EBringing in others from outside Admission adds time to the process, which already calls for long, caffeine-fueled days during the review period, but Clark and his team know the long-term value to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a challenge given the high volume of applications, but we\u2019re committed to building a class that reflects Tech\u2019s mission and values,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we become more selective, the numbers can fail you more and more. We have to look at the nuances and fit outside of just being academically capable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EOn Jan. 9, students who applied to Tech by the early action deadline will receive notice of whether or not they have been accepted. The next day is the regular admission deadline. All applicants will be notified with a decision on Saturday, March 12. Faculty will also be included in cohort review for regular decision applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EFaculty and staff who know students in the applicant pool can put in a good word for those students by completing a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.c.gatech.edu\/admissionreferral\u0022\u003EFaculty\/Staff Recommendation Form\u003C\/a\u003E, which will go into the applicant\u2019s file. The form is not meant for immediate family members, but for those with whom the applicant has had some other kind of direct relationship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cAs our application numbers continue to grow, we felt it was important to make this process more streamlined and formal,\u201d Clark said. \u201cRecommendations should be for someone for whom you can actually speak to their character.\u201d The form goes in the applicant\u2019s file, and everything in the file receives at least three reviews by Admission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ELegacy students are able to identify themselves on the application itself. Legacies are those whose parents, grandparents, or siblings either attended or work at Georgia Tech. Those in this group who are not accepted as freshmen may consider applying as transfer students through the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/conditional-admission\u0022\u003EConditional Admission program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EAll aspects of the application are there to help Admission get a complete picture of the prospective students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cWhen we talk about having a holistic process, the responsible thing to do is look beyond ourselves and have others weigh in,\u201d Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith Georgia Tech continuing to get more competitive, the Office of Undergraduate Admission has been looking for ways to better evaluate the growing pool\u0026nbsp;of candidates.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With Georgia Tech continuing to get more competitive, the Office of Undergraduate Admission has been looking for ways to better evaluate the growing pool of candidates."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-01-04 10:03:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:20","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"212781":{"id":"212781","type":"image","title":"Buzz Fills Out Application","body":null,"created":"1449180076","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:16","changed":"1539802251","gmt_changed":"2018-10-17 18:50:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"196972","name":"buzzcommonapp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzcommonapp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzcommonapp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3972550,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/buzzcommonapp_0.jpg?itok=I6xZUkkc"}}},"media_ids":["212781"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Undergraduate Admission"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.c.gatech.edu\/admissionreferral","title":"Faculty\/Staff Referral Form"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/conditional-admission","title":"Conditional Admission Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"91","name":"enrollment"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"10347","name":"undergraduate admission"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.ediu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}