{"653290":{"#nid":"653290","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student-led Program Helping to Increase Diversity Among Graduate Applicants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Graduate Application Support (GT-GAS) program is a student-led organization that matches underrepresented applicants with graduate-student mentors who are enrolled in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\/phd-computer-science\u0022\u003ECS\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\/phd-human-centered-computing\u0022\u003Ehuman-centered computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(HCC),\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\/phd-machine-learning\u0022\u003Emachine learning\u003C\/a\u003E, or another\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\u0022\u003ECS-related Ph.D. program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce matched, the mentors provide feedback on their applicant\u0026rsquo;s CV and statement of purpose. Mentors also share their experiences to provide better insight into the application process for prospective students. The feedback is provided in writing and may include virtual one-on-one meetings as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to program founder\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAnugrah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHayati\u003C\/strong\u003E, a first-year HCC Ph.D. student, several applicant\/mentor pairs were matched before the Nov. 15 GT-GAS deadline. The applicants will receive feedback in time for them to meet the upcoming Ph.D. application deadline on Dec. 15.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHayati says that similar programs exist at other institutions, so she decided to develop this service for Georgia Tech. To help organize an assistance program in the College of Computing, she recruited machine learning Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWill\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHeld\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As a minority in computer science, I can imagine that if I didn\u0026rsquo;t have mentors or anyone to help with my application, how hard that would have been, so I\u0026rsquo;m inspired to help underrepresented students in applying for computer science-related Ph.D. programs at Georgia Tech,\u0026rdquo; said Hayati.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter consulting their faculty advisor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~dyang888\/group.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiyi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EYang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/school-interactive-computing\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, the pair moved forward with the project by developing survey forms for potential applicants and mentors and establishing an implementation timeline for the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GT-GAS is a wonderful initiative by our students that should increase the diversity of graduate education at Georgia Tech. More than 30 Ph.D.\u0026rsquo;s from the College have joined the program. I am sure there will be more joining next year, and I believe GT-GAS is well on the way to helping more who are in need,\u0026rdquo; said Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith a successful launch this semester, Hayati hopes to be able to reach more underrepresented applicants in the future and possibly expand the program across campus. As a first step though, she\u0026rsquo;d like to see the program added to the College website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think bringing this to the College\u0026rsquo;s official website will help people to find it even earlier so that the applicants have even more time to prepare their applications,\u0026rdquo; said Hayati.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAnn\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EClaycombe\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of communications for the College of Computing, a page with links and information about the GT-GAS program will be added to the College\u0026rsquo;s newly revamped website next semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prospective students from minority communities have a new resource when applying to computer science (CS) related Ph.D. programs at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"35403","created_gmt":"2021-12-01 14:07:39","changed_gmt":"2021-12-01 14:07:39","author":"Carly Ralston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653289":{"id":"653289","type":"image","title":"Student-led Program Helping to Increase Diversity Among Graduate Applicants","body":null,"created":"1638367587","gmt_created":"2021-12-01 14:06:27","changed":"1638367587","gmt_changed":"2021-12-01 14:06:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247787","name":"pic[1] copy.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic%5B1%5D%20copy.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic%5B1%5D%20copy.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":118497,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pic%5B1%5D%20copy.jpeg?itok=gpWHbce2"}}},"media_ids":["653289"],"groups":[{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187023","name":"go-data"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}