{"582561":{"#nid":"582561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty, Staff Input Valued in Admission Process","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETonight, high school students around the country will submit their applications to Georgia Tech in advance of the Early Action deadline on Saturday,\u0026nbsp;Oct. 15.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EFaculty and staff who know students in the applicant pool can put in a good word for those students by completing a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/es.gatech.edu\/images\/pdf\/Faculty_Form.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003EFaculty\/Staff Recommendation Form\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which will go into the applicant\u0026rsquo;s 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\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Admission formalized this process last year to make it more streamlined for those wanting to make a recommendation of potential students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Recommendations should be for someone for whom you can actually speak to their character,\u0026rdquo; said Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission.\u0026nbsp;The form goes in the applicant\u0026rsquo;s file, and everything in the file receives at least three reviews by Admission.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/es.gatech.edu\/images\/pdf\/Faculty_Form.pdf\u0022\u003EThe form\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;can be completed electronically and submitted by email.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe Regular Decision application deadline is Jan. 1, 2017. Recommendations may be submitted throughout the admission process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5 class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ERelated Links:\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOffice of Undergraduate Admission\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/es.gatech.edu\/images\/pdf\/Faculty_Form.pdf\u0022\u003EFaculty\/Staff Recommendation Form (pdf)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and staff who know students in the applicant pool can put in a good word for those students by completing a Faculty\/Staff Recommendation Form, which will go into the applicant\u0026rsquo;s file.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty and staff who know students in the applicant pool can put in a good word for those students by completing a Faculty\/Staff Recommendation Form, which will go into the applicant\u2019s file. "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-10-14 13:15:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-14 14:18:39","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","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:\/\/es.gatech.edu\/images\/pdf\/Faculty_Form.pdf","title":"Faculty\/Staff Recommendation Form (pdf)"},{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu","title":"Undergraduate Admission"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"10347","name":"undergraduate admission"},{"id":"10308","name":"Enrollment Services"}],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}