Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition to being two of their toughest academic years, your child will be tasked with maximizing their standardized test scores, continuing to pursue high-impact extracurricular activities, securing recommendation letters, and working on their college applications by writing essay upon essay. Finalize college visit details.

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

Admissions Decision: The outcome determined by a college's admissions committee regarding a student's application. Possible decisions include acceptance/admission, deferral to the regular decision pool (for applications submitted in the early rounds), placement on a waitlist, or denial of admission.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The PSAT, or Preliminary SAT, is a standardized test that gives you a sneak peek at what the SAT will be like. Early decision and early action applications usually have deadlines in November of your senior year, while most regular decision applications are due between January 1 and March 1.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

JUNIOR YEAR September - January Schedule and sit for standardized ACT or SAT tests if the student is taking them. Here is a list of colleges and universities that are standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle. Try to decide whether and where you will apply Early Decision (ED) or Early Action (EA).

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Admissions Village

APRIL 25, 2023

Part 3: This Process Is Opaque In the first part of this series, we discussed the role that the rise of test-optional (it is now optional to submit standardized test scores, SAT or ACT, at most colleges) has played in opening up the applicant pool to highly selective colleges. Waitlists are being utilized more than ever before.

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DC College Counseling

MARCH 5, 2024

WAKE FOREST CONGRATULATES WAITLISTED APPLICANTS BY MISTAKE Word on the street is that a number of Wake Forest applicants who were waitlisted through the early decision rounds received a email last week that was actually meant for accepted students. We will learn more in the years to come. Can you even imagine?!

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IvyWise College Admissions Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

While having good grades and strong standardized test scores are advantages during the admissions process, high school students won’t be able to capitalize on them without an understanding of the college planning essentials. What Does a Waitlist Decision Mean? What Does Getting Deferred Mean for College Admissions?

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Admissions Village

APRIL 22, 2023

MIT ’s Early Action applications dropped 19% compared to last year, which is not surprising since MIT reinstated their standardized testing requirement this cycle after two years of a test-optional policy during the pandemic. Colleges especially like Early Decision to help them manage enrollment.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Part 3: Applying to UChicago early decision vs. early action vs. regular decision UChicago gives students a variety of options for admission. Applicants can apply early decision I, early action, early decision II, or regular decision.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

APRIL 26, 2021

JUNIOR YEAR January-April Schedule and sit for standardized ACT or SAT tests, if the student is taking them. Here is a list of colleges and universities that are standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle. Try to decide whether and where you will apply Early Decision (ED) or Early Action (EA).

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Suggested reading: Extracurricular Activities for College Admissions: The Ultimate Guide ) NYU application requirements After years of succeeding in rigorous coursework, studying to ace standardized tests, and pursuing focused extracurriculars, your senior might be ready to apply to NYU.

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University Gurus

APRIL 30, 2020

Waitlists – Longer and More Acceptances. Standardized Tests. Colleges are going to get more flexible → especially about SAT Subject Tests (SAT IIs) Remember: Everyone is in the same boat as you. Fewer people will get the benefit of taking the test multiple times, so overall scores will be lower. Don’t do it.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 26, 2024

The newest members of the Class of 2028 were selected from the third largest applicant pool in Columbia’s history, 60,248 total, through the university’s Early Decision and Regular Decision cycles, according to Columbia’s student newspaper, Bwog.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

Is it easier to get in early decision than regular decision? The most public strategy has been the increase in the number of students being admitted Early Decision. Is it easier to get in early decision or regular decision? The downside of Early Decision for colleges?

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