{"493871":{"#nid":"493871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen College Applications and Enrollments Are Up","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EA more aggressive admissions policy for students applying to liberal arts at Georgia Tech yielded a 2 percent increase in fall 2015 freshman enrollment for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the first increase in five years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate applications to the Institute were up 12 percent in 2016 versus 2015, while applications to the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts rose 28 percent.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003E\u201cOur number of applications has gone up dramatically and so has the quality of our applicants,\u201d said John Tone, associate dean for undergraduate studies. \u201cThis has given us a larger pool of applicants who qualify for admissions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe change in admissions for liberal arts was also the result of an overall effort by the Institute to improve its admission rate for non-engineering students. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we talk about wanting to diversify a class, we don\u2019t just mean demographically; we\u2019re talking in terms of curriculum and major selection,\u201d said Rick Clark, director of undergraduate admissions for Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the second year, Georgia Tech Undergraduate Admission\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/01\/04\/faculty-take-part-undergraduate-admission-process\u0022\u003Ewelcomed faculty from several colleges\u003C\/a\u003E, including Ivan Allen, into the admission process, having them participate in cohort review sessions to help select the best candidates for their programs. For the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts that meant reviewing students interested in disciplines ranging from communication, digital media, economics, history, international affairs, modern languages, public policy, and several joint degree programs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003E\u201cWe believe that the Institute\u2019s focus on majors as part of the consideration of applicants will allow us to build our enrollments,\u201d said Tone. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShadow Day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EThe Ivan Allen College participates in all the recruitment efforts of the main admissions office for Georgia Tech, but its Shadow Day program has boosted visibility for the College with impressive results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Interested students tend to enroll after visiting with us,\u201d said Tone. \u201cOur distinctive programs combined with the prestige and reputation of Georgia Tech have strong appeal.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo Shadow Days are planned for February 12 and April 1. Students have the opportunity to attend a class matching their interests, take personalized tours, visit campus dorms, and attend sessions about study abroad and international experiences, behind-the-scenes athletics at Tech, and student life. Breakfast and lunch sessions will give students the chance to talk informally with the College deans, school chairs, faculty, advisors, and current students from each major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearly 200 students are expected to attend this year\u2019s events, including a number of out-of-state students who will make the trip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProspective students and their parents will get a real sense of what it\u2019s like to be a student at Georgia Tech and within the College. They can \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/shadowday.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E for Shadow Day online and select their major interests so the College can match them to the appropriate classes they\u2019ll attend.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New Admissions Policies Lead to Higher Acceptance Rates; Shadow Days Are Coming Up"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA more aggressive admissions policy for students applying to liberal arts at Georgia Tech yielded a 2 percent increase in fall 2015 freshman enrollment for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the first increase in five years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Enrollment Increased."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2016-02-01 18:17:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:35","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"493841":{"id":"493841","type":"image","title":"Shadow Day 2016","body":null,"created":"1454436000","gmt_created":"2016-02-02 18:00:00","changed":"1475895251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:11","alt":"Shadow Day 2016","file":{"fid":"204528","name":"shadowdaynewsletterphoto700px.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shadowdaynewsletterphoto700px_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shadowdaynewsletterphoto700px_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":295116,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shadowdaynewsletterphoto700px_0.jpg?itok=6Yku7wCs"}}},"media_ids":["493841"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/shadowday.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Shadow Day 2008"},{"url":"http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"950","name":"liberal arts"},{"id":"167230","name":"Shadow Day"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca \u0026nbsp;Keane\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}