These crazy times require grace and understanding. I am not a counselor, but a parent of college students. As Covid continues to change the landscape of our lives, counselors are facing unprecedented challenges and doing the best they can with the available information.
I am the parent of 2 current college and 1 entering college student. Weâve all been understanding, and thatâs fine. But as a parent there is nothing wrong with expecting these counselors who some pay 20k-100k and more to give them college advice (and no, I didnât), to be nothing but honest with them, instead of just giving them the run around and trying to justify why something happened the way it did. I know many parents who would have much preferred the brutal honesty instead of feeling like their chains were just being yanked just so these counselors could save face, instead of just being honest and admitting they didnât know what happened, or that perhaps TO this year really fâd it up and itâs a whole new world out there for college admissions. I know hundreds of kids who had their hearts broken when they didnât get into their âdreamâ college and then put on many waitlists thinking they were going to get another shot at another great school, yet that didnât happen either when so few schools took any kids off the waitlist. Not one of the colleges my kids are or will be attending took a single kid off the waitlist for their respective programs, yet they each had huge waitlists or just donât use a waitlist. I feel really bad for all those kids who feel led on and keep thinking they have a chance as tuition payments are due or have been made.
Bottom line is that itâs not that hard to just say, we were wrong and we didnât know or âwe donât know what is going to happenâ instead of making complete uneducated guesses. The latest whopper was it being thousands of kids double deposited. Also turned out to be not true.
Sorry if you didnât like my answer, but thatâs the hard facts and not worth sugar coating, which by doing so, is why people are in that âhopefulâ phase and then canât move on and get excited about the school they are going thinking they actually have a chance at that waitlist school. Sounds harsh, but itâs unfortunately reality for a lot of kids who have never faced rejection before in their lives and it may be better they learn it now than later.
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My oldest is at Tech. They actually end up being quite a bit more than the dorms as they are an 11 1/2 month lease. I think it is much less about the cost to me versus giving up the first year dorm experience. To me that is really an invaluable part of college life, and something people only get to experience once. If you are enrolled in GSU and planning on transferring in anyway (and there are lots of those), I get why you would accept a spot. For those who are in another top college, it doesnât make sense to me to switch in most cases two weeks before move in to take hybrid classes.
waitlist closed.
Thanks for the update. Finally!!! My son was offered the conditional transfer pathway which is what we expected. He will almost certainly not use it but going to take the class he needs to satisfy it in the fall just in case!
Good luck to all wherever you are headed!
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also received conditional! it was for summer 2022 though, was this the same for you?
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Yes - all conditional transfer pathways this year are for summer 2022. That is a change from usual. My question is - do they care if you are full time that summer or not? Can you just accept, enroll and take one class and still work/have an internship? They have SOUP classes which are online and designed for those with full time internships (my oldest is taking one now). If that is ok, I donât see the downside of the summer acceptance except it would prevent study abroad.
not sure, but a friend of mine got the Arts and Sciences transfer pathway for Fall 2022 (applied as neuro). I applied as business
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I also got arts and science pathway for fall 2022
Conditional transfer pathway only applies to those who are legacies or children of employees. There are multiple pathways that are geared to majors (Arts and Sciences) or family situations (First Generation, Pell Grant recipient), etc.
As a business major or engineering or CS major, there are no major related transfer pathways like your friend got - at least I donât think so. You have to fall under one of the other umbrellas.
EDITED: Arts and Sciences Pathway applies to these 3 schools : Applicants who are not offered first-year admission within the College of Design, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and College of Sciences
My son is a business major also and unlikely to switch as I mentioned. Where are you headed?
UGA Honors! What about your son 
Do you think many students got off the waitlist for engineering or computer science
We are not qualified for Conditional transfer pathway. Great if you are eligible, it is almost a guarantee. Normal OOS transfer is like 34%.
Yes it is a guarantee if you meet the qualifications in years past. They have offered many more pathways this year so that may not still be the case. It is easier to transfer into Georgia Tech than to get into Georgia Tech for sure, and a third of the people graduating from GT every year are transfers. It is very common so do not lose hope if that is your or your childâs dream!
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Not many off the waitlist this year but the ones that got off definitely include more than a few engineering and CS majors. I have heard of several from Atlanta and they were all engineering or CS. Seemed to be fairly balanced who got off the waitlist which makes sense as you can change your major immediately.
He is going to UGA for business as well, has a great dorm, great roommate, all in person classes, got the classes he wanted and is very excited! Only draw to GT frankly was being in Atlanta but he is coming around on that! I cannot imagine he will transfer as both business schools are equally ranked, but Terry is the crown jewel of UGA while I feel like Scheller is the red headed step child (I have an engineering major son at GT and this is the prevailing sentiment!) Hope you love your time at UGA - it is a great school!
Do you know how many were offered transfer pathway off the waitlist? My son is instate and was offered Fall 2022, biochemistry. No legacy of tech or employee. Any school in the country is applicable. We are set with a great university and financial package, but will keep his options open, taking basically the same classes as required.
I think they offer transfer pathways to all qualified students off the waitlist. So if a waitlist student fits into a pathway, they offer it to them. Sounds like your child fit into the Arts and Science pathway. It is a way to grow enrollment at GT and something they have expanded on over the years.
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My son is offered conditional transfer pathway summer 2021. He doesnât meet any of the transfer pathway conditions that was mentioned. He is instate, intended major is industrial engineering. Praise God!