Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But the Hawkeye State has much more to offer than agriculture alone. The state proudly sits at #6 on the U.S. News and World Reports 2024 Best States ranking list , which is determined based on multiple factors including quality of education, standard of living, and access to healthcare. and Lucille A. and Lucille A.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Many students who’ve just barely survived the wringer of junior year— with AP courses, standardized test prep, and campus visits ramping up college admissions pressure—are already feeling weary. If you’re tempted to round out your college list with these low-effort applications, just know that everyone else is, too.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering and UW+Amazon Science Hub partnership to advance the fields of AI and robotics, where the overall UW out-of-state acceptance rate is 46% but the direct-to-CS-major rate is just 2%! This significantly elevates the difficulty of being admitted as a CS major.

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Educated Quest

MAY 12, 2024

Forbes magazine recently came out with a list of schools that were considered to be a Public Ivy. Forbes used these criteria to rank their schools: High standardized test scores-as supplied by at least half of all 2022 applicants. The writer considered test scores to be an objective measure of success. Acceptance rate.

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

With an acceptance rate of just 7.5% So, how do you stand out in the sea of other ambitious applicants? Spoiler alert: its about more than just test scores and grades. acceptance rate, this is the third consecutive year of record-low acceptance rates for Rice. Lets cut to the chase: Rice University is competitive.

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BestColleges

APRIL 15, 2024

Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements. If a student is unable to access one of these tests, Harvard will instead accept Advanced Placement or the International Baccalaureate exam scores. But now Harvard is essentially shaving off those last two years of test-optional admissions.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From excellent test scores to solid clinical experience, you have to be successful on many counts to be competitive in the med school admissions process. In this post, we’ll discuss Special Master’s Programs (SMPs), which offer premeds a chance to fill out their resumes and improve their chances of admissions. Your guide is on its way.

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Educated Quest

AUGUST 21, 2023

However, state politics will become more influential for college-bound students and their families. State politics influence more than financial aid and budgets for public colleges. It also makes me wonder how the college-bound seniors might consider state politics when choosing a college.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 30, 2024

Emphasizing test scores can impede efforts to maintain economic and racial diversity. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended higher education in 2020, one of the monumental changes was the widespread suspension of standardized testing. Today, more than 1,900 colleges and universities remain test-optional.

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BestColleges

JULY 27, 2023

1] Check Taking the SAT or ACT costs students between $60 and $103 per test and can get pricier with additional fees and test prep. [2] What's more, these high costs can start before you've even been accepted into your dream school. Check In 2022-2023, students who used the Common App applied to an average of 5.7

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Anna Ivey Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Of course there are outliers for everything, including law school admissions, and there are people out there whose life stories are so improbable and impressive, or whose immediate network has such pull, that their numbers become secondary. From an admissions officer's perspective, there is a whole herd of unique people out there.

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

But heres the truth: Wake Forest isnt handing out acceptance letters like candy. From your GPA and test scores to essays and extracurriculars, were breaking down every factor Wake Forest considers. With 18,735 applicants and a 22% acceptance rate, approximately 4,122 students were admitted. Test scores (optional).

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With an acceptance rate of 8% for the Class of 2028 , NYU is extremely selective. NYUs admissions process is highly competitive, but with the right strategy, its possible to stand out. For the Class of 2028, NYU received 118,000 applications and admitted only around 9,440 students, resulting in an acceptance rate of 8%.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Part 3: What test scores are required for the Ivy League? You don’t have to be a college admissions expert or memorize each school’s admissions statistics to know that getting accepted to an Ivy is challenging. Part 4: What extracurricular activities are needed for Ivy Leagues?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The faculty, staff, and students of Boston University hail from 50 states and over 150 countries, but all share a common passion to pursue knowledge and embrace possibilities. Alumni hold positions in nearly every industry—you can find Boston Terriers in roles as magazine editors, state governors, Fortune 500 CEOs and CFOs, U.S.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As you gear up for the college admissions process, one of the crucial decisions you’ll face is choosing between the SAT and ACT standardized tests. Both exams are widely accepted by colleges and universities across the United States, and your choice can significantly impact your admissions prospects.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 18, 2024

institutions have adopted a test-optional policy in acknowledgement of the limited access to testing during this time. However, several colleges are beginning to reinstate required testing for the 2025-26 admissions season, and others have begun to take a more flexible approach to their standardized testing policies.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Standardized tests allow schools to compare the skills of students from different academic backgrounds. However, preparing for standardized tests takes time and money, and many applicants' scores are too low to help them. But even those schools typically accept test scores if applicants want to submit them.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

BEST ARTICLES OF THE WEEK While you should take some of this with a grain of salt—schools like Vanderbilt, Wash U, and Emory are not exactly "Plan B" for even the most qualified applicants out there—maybe Plan A-Part 2?— Every year our students tell us how happy they are to be done well in advance of the winter break and January deadlines!

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Peterson's Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

April 1, 2023 marks United States Air Force Academy Day, a day to observe the exceptional milestones and achievements of former members of the U.S. All Air Force officers are educated at the Air Force Academy which is considered to be one of the most competitive academies in the United States. Air Force Academy. Air Force Academy.

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CTK College Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Juniors: What to Do and When As I launch our high school seniors out the door with their early college applications this month, I have one eye on the kids queuing up to begin the college application process: your juniors. Many students will prep 3-4 months ahead of the first test and take two or three tests.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 25, 2023

Casper (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics) is a situational judgement test (SJT) developed by researchers at McMaster University in Canada that aims to measure traits like professionalism, ethics, communication, and empathy. Sending test results to additional programs costs $15 per program.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 10, 2024

College Board reports on the Benefits of AP by stating that students who take AP courses signal to colleges that they’re serious about their education and willing to challenge themselves with rigorous coursework. Performing well can enhance your college application and showcase your academic abilities.

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Simply Admissions

AUGUST 13, 2020

This month, we’ll go over post-COVID standardized testing changes and FAQs. The majority of colleges have changed their testing requirements recently, which seems like it’s only caused more confusion! Below is a handy cheat sheet I’ve created that summarizes the different testing policies.

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CTK College Coach

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

2) PREPARING FOR THE SAT AND ACT: PREPARE EARLY WHEN POSSIBLE, AND DON’T TAKE TESTS AT ALL IF THEY AREN’T THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: it’s a test optional world , and it likely will continue to be that way forever. To that point, check out my note on the “power of quitting” on my Facebook page.

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The Koppelman Group

JUNE 8, 2024

Princeton is home to the oldest college literary and debating club in the United States, for example. Princeton withholds comprehensive admissions statistics, but the acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 and 2028 is estimated to be between 5% and 6% based on what data is available and ongoing trends. Not many students make the cut.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 1, 2024

The University of Chicago is one of the top schools in the United States, and is frequently mentioned in the same sentence as Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale, and other top colleges, like Stanford. The university receives nearly 40,000 applications annually, and the acceptance is only 4.7%.

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BestColleges

MARCH 7, 2024

A GED doesn't necessarily make it harder to gain acceptance, but there are things you can do to enhance your college application. Also, school admission requirements vary, so do some research and find out what information you'll need to submit, such as letters of recommendation, transcripts, and other documents. What Is the GED?

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Brand College Consulting

JANUARY 1, 2023

You can also look at college websites to find out about institutional aid as well. Also remember – your junior class teachers will be the ones that will fill out your academic references – so get to know your teachers, work hard, and be respectful. Do you have a testing schedule? Also, do you plan to take any SATII tests?

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Discovery College Consulting

MAY 10, 2023

The maximum score for the SAT will remain 1600 and students will take the test at a school or test center. Calculators can be used on any math problem, which is not the case on the paper test. Test fatigue should be less of an issue because the dSAT is an hour shorter than the paper test.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Located just outside Boston in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a prestigious private research university. MIT was founded in 1861 to fuel the industrial revolution in the United States. MIT is extremely selective, with an acceptance rate just below 4% for the Class of 2026.

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Educated Quest

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike Harvard, which can attract a diverse student body from all over the world, UNC-Chapel Hill must fill 82 percent of its undergraduate enrollment from the State of North Carolina. It is one of the more affordable options among selective institutions , especially for in-state students, who pay less than $9,000 in tuition and fees.

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Educated Quest

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Test-optional admissions grew in practice at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I touch on test-optional admissions in my new book, The Good College. Standardized test scores are one of several data points in college admissions, even at test-optional schools. Test scores are one of them and so are grades.

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Elite Open School

JANUARY 20, 2021

Earlier this week, the College Board announced some major changes to their suite of college application tests. SAT Subject Tests will no longer be offered On January 19, the College Board officially announced that they would no longer offer SAT Subject Tests. Will colleges accept SAT Subject Test and SAT Essay scores?

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 29, 2023

The Ivy League is a group of eight prestigious universities located in the northeastern United States. They are some of the most selective universities in the country, with acceptance rates ranging from 4% to 15%. They are some of the most selective universities in the country, with acceptance rates ranging from 4% to 15%.

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 29, 2023

The Ivy League is a group of eight prestigious universities in the northeastern United States. They are some of the most selective universities in the country, with acceptance rates ranging from 4% to 15%. They are some of the most selective universities in the country, with acceptance rates ranging from 4% to 15%.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Well, it’s like super duper hard to get into… For the class of 2027, Amherst had a 9% acceptance rate. Since this set has come out, they have stopped considering this factor. Tbh, we could write a whole guide just based on the ins and outs of legacy admission when it comes to top schools. Are you dreaming of going to Amherst?

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