Humbach Education Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Start Early, Apply Early The vast majority of colleges give students automatic consideration for merit scholarships if they apply Early Action (read: no separate application). November 1 is a huge deadline for Early Action (non-binding) Applications. That said, UGA and University of South Carolina, to name two, have an October 15 deadline. Know your deadlines.

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AHM Advising

OCTOBER 15, 2021

You've seen some spotlights before on other CTCL schools - colleges that share the mission of offering personalized and student-centered experiences. Allegheny is one of these, and also earns the distinction of being one of the oldest colleges in the country - it celebrated its bicentennial in 2015. Allegheny is a 100% residential campus located amidst the rolling hills of Pennsylvania in Meadville, a town of 13,000 full-time residents and 2,000 college students, just 40 minutes from Erie, PA an

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Admissions Madness

OCTOBER 15, 2021

I talk a lot about the college admissions madness and elite universities, but what is the scope of the admissions madness? How many families are applying for America’s top 50 or so universities? What do I mean by an “elite university”? When I generalize about elite universities, I have in mind the campuses for whom it is the majority of their applicants’ first choice.

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Enrollify

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A prospective student showed interest, asked questions, and committed to attending your college. Now, it’s been weeks (or even months) and they haven’t deposited. And, you haven’t heard back from them.

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The Enrollment Marketer

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The rules of the email marketing game are changing fast. Apple’s iOS 15 Privacy Updates are bringing a new set of privacy protections to email — great for consumers, disruptive for enrollment marketers. Note that we didn’t say “harmful/bad/tragic” for enrollment marketers because there’s actually a reason to be thankful for the privacy updates! The Sparknotes version of the iOS 15 privacy update is that email open rates and location data will become increasingly unreliable metrics/data points fo

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THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month – Member Spotlight. Karen Vargas, Dean of Admissions, Wake Forest University (NC). Tell us about your journey in the field of education and as an admissions/counseling professional. What are you most proud of accomplishing? . My passion for college admissions began when I was a student at Haverford College (PA). From tours to overnight programs, I volunteered for it all.

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Admissions Madness

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Let’s clear the air about one of the touchiest subjects regarding the college essay. There are many misconceptions about discussing trauma or injuries in college essays. Many applicants who have experienced significant hardship are afraid to share their experiences because they don’t want to seem like “a sob story.” Other applicants who have lived privileged and relatively trauma-free lives worry that their lack of hardship or inability to write “a sob story” will somehow decrease their admissio

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THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Hispanic-Serving Institutions. by the Inclusion, Access & Success Committee. The story of higher education in the United States and the territories it colonized cannot be told without recognizing and celebrating, among other things, the influence on and contribution to higher education from Hispanic-identifying students and educators past, present, and future.

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THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Day. (*Updated post from 2020). by Rachel Fried, Director, Public School Initiative. Basic cultural comprehension goes a long way. Often, schools and individuals are unsure where to even begin with Native recruitment and retention. The reality is, simple transformations can have great significance. As college access practitioners, a first step can be to look inward at institutional and individual language, references, and resources through a critical indigenous lens.

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