Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 14, 2024

A Yale University admissions officer, Richard Moll, coined the phrase in 1985 to refer to state universities that offer exceptional educations at a fraction of the Ivy league price for in-state students. None of the UCs offer early admission or consider standardized test scores.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As of November 1, college applications for Fall 2023 were up 41% from the 2019-2020 cycle. This is NOT the end of your college admissions journey. Book a session with us by clicking here. All of these numbers add up to inevitable disappointment for some students. Take a look at these 5 steps for managing deferrals and denials.

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The Ivy Dean

JANUARY 6, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s early admissions cycle has set new records for the country’s most prestigious post-secondary schools. As anyone hoping to begin college in fall 2021 is likely aware, all schools with an early application program released their early acceptance decisions within the past few weeks.

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The Ivy Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Although only time will tell which impacts are permanent and which are only temporary, I am certain that college admissions ­– like many things – will never return to precisely the way it was before 2020. As a result, their admissions process became even more selective, with historically low acceptance rates.

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DC College Counseling

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to them, early applications to member schools are up 41% over pre-pandemic numbers from 2019-2020. We will have to wait until the final application numbers are available before fully understanding the trends, but this increase may reflect a more permanent shift in students and colleges relying on early admission plans.

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 4, 2022

Early Decision (ED) differs from Early Action (EA) or Priority deadlines because students may only apply to a single ED school. The first early admissions deadlines arose in the 1950s. Accessed on Wikipedia “Early Decision” page on December 3, 2020. Schools with an overall admit rate < 25 percent.

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