Admissions.Blog

JULY 1, 2022

A previous post this year offered a couple of suggestions on how we can fix financial aid. If you missed that post, a quick summary: College costs too much; Most people don’t know how to pay for it; Financial aid forms are too lengthy; The reports describing what aid a student gets are too confusing; Everyone hates loans. I was really hoping the two suggestions I made might generate some thoughtful discussion about how to make college more affordable, and lead us to a point where we were ready

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Tex Admissions

JULY 1, 2022

Frog at my house in Ubud, Bali. Update #1, Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 6:00pm : My first client of the cycle gained admission, to McCombs. To be determined the size of this wave or whether it was a one-off release. A second client also got in. It seems like a small batch. Plan II also released some decisions, including one of my clients. Large decision waves in previous years would yield 8-12 client admits.

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Revolution Tutors

JULY 1, 2022

You did it! The college application journey has finally come to an end. Now you have a decision to make before May 1. What school will you be attending? Decision day is just the first exciting step of many as you step into the role of a rising College Freshman. Let’s talk about what’s next! 1. Review Your Options Maybe your answer is easy. Maybe it feels like the hardest decision of your life!

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College Admissions Partners

JUNE 30, 2022

Doctor shadowing is an expected activity for students interested in applying to BS/MD programs. But the question that comes up on a regular basis is does it matter who you shadow? The answer is no, it does not matter who you shadow as long as you are shadowing a physician. Either an MD or a DO is perfectly fine to shadow. Medical schools absolutely do not care what specialty you shadow.

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College Kickstart

JUNE 28, 2022

Honors programs are a terrific way for academically talented students to reap the benefits of a liberal arts education within the context of a large research institution. To give you a better sense for how this can enrich your college experience, we’ve compiled a list of undergraduate honors programs from top public and private universities across the nation.

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Educated Quest

JUNE 28, 2022

In mid-April I had the privilege of visiting the University of Toledo (OH) , the only school in the US that offers an undergraduate education in Cosmetic Science. As a follow-up I had the opportunity to do an interview with Dr. Gariella Baki , director of the Cosmetic Science program. A pharmacist with a PharmD and a PhD in Pharmaceutics from the University of Szedged, Hungary, Dr.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Ready for some alarming college admissions news? Tulane University received almost 46,000 applications for undergraduate admission last year. Guess how many people they admitted in the Regular Decision round? 106. That is not a typo, 106. Furthermore, Tulane’s applications have risen more than 55% over the past 5 years, and the most recent overall admit rate was 9.8%.

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College Kickstart

JUNE 28, 2022

Honors programs are a terrific way for academically talented students to reap the benefits of a liberal arts education within the context of a large research institution. To give you a better sense for how this can enrich your college experience, we’ve compiled a list of undergraduate honors programs from top public and private universities across the nation.

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 25, 2022

In my previous post, I discuss how interviews are almost useless. In this post, I make a similar argument. Recommendation letters don’t make much of a difference for most students most of the time. It’s absurd that hundreds of universities went test-optional during the pandemic to supposedly increase access, yet none removed their recommendation letter requirements.

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The Thoughtful College Search

JUNE 27, 2022

(This is the first of a two-part post based on a keynote address I gave last Monday at the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling conference in Hershey. It originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed’s “Admissions Insider” this morning. Thanks to loyal ECA reader Barbara Conner for suggesting that I turn the speech into a blog post.) Last week I had the opportunity to serve as keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling conference in Hershey.

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