Top Tier AdmissionsLiz is CEO of Top Tier Admissions. A graduate of Dartmouth College and a Fulbright Research Grant recipient, she earned her PhD in Art History from the University of Virginia, where she received the university’s highest teaching award. With decades of experience in education, Liz brings deep insight into the evolving college admissions landscape and the pressures facing students today. She is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes, where she covers admissions trends and the shifting world of higher education, helping families approach the process with clarity, calm, and intention.
At Top Tier Admissions, we often get asked, “Can you help me choose a passion project?” or “What’s the best capstone for my college applications?” While we understand why students and parents want guidance in this area, we believe it’s important to clarify why we don’t assign passion projects. WHY WE DON’T ASSIGN A PASSION […]
The landscape of college admissions continues to shift as universities re-evaluate the role of standardized testing in the application process. In a major policy change, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has announced that it will reinstate its standardized testing requirement for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle. Meanwhile, Carleton College has chosen to permanently adopt a test-optional […]
The Financial Times has released its highly anticipated 2025 MBA rankings, and the results include one stunning shake-up. For the first time ever, Harvard Business School has dropped to 13th place, marking its lowest ranking in history. Meanwhile, Stanford Graduate School of Business is entirely absent from the list due to insufficient alumni responses. MBA […]
The Ivy League, long considered a bastion of academic prestige, has recently become a focal point of leadership turnover, with significant transitions impacting over half of its institutions in the past six months. Interim presidents now lead several of these schools, as resignations, political pressures, and campus unrest have challenged the stability of their administrations. […]
A recent study examining the educational backgrounds of top achievers in American society presented compelling evidence that elite colleges play an outsized role in shaping future leaders. The findings are both thought-provoking and sobering, especially for families navigating the competitive college admissions process. At Top Tier Admissions, we aim to help families understand and contextualize […]
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