As regular decision notifications roll in, we wanted to share this informative and insightful blog post by Rick Clark, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Georgia Tech. Clark explains the importance of "IPs," or institutional priorities, in admission decisions. These priorities may include things like:

• Raising their standardized test score average
• Taking more students from a specific area of the country
• Increasing enrollment for certain majors.

So, what’s the point? Students, if you are rejected from universities, do not take it personally. The tried-and-true rule we learned from our favorite romcoms applies here too: It's not you, it's them.

So parents and students, remember Clark’s words when you're logging into your admissions portal to open your decision:

"If you are denied from a selective college, my hope is you won’t question your academic ability or lose sleep trying to figure out what was ‘wrong’ with you or what you ‘could or should have done differently.’ IPs mean admission decisions do not translate to 'We don’t think you are smart' or 'You could not be successful here.'"

In other words, sometimes there’s nothing you can do, and that’s on them! We know you will be successful wherever you end up this fall!

AND if you would like to try to get off the waitlist, reach out to us to help you craft your letters of continued interest today!