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Columbia Unranked: Interpreting College Rankings

Prospective college students looking for Columbia in the US News and World Report (USNWR) college rankings will have to keep scrolling—the Ivy League institution in New York City is no longer listed. Following a Columbia professor’s accusations and a follow-up internal investigation into the accuracy of the school’s self-reported data, Columbia decided to withdraw from […]

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Yield Protection: The Case of the ‘Overqualified’ Applicant

In an admissions landscape defined by sky-high application numbers and single-digit acceptance rates, is it possible to be “too cool for school?” Students who are denied from schools where they feel they should have been accepted sometimes point to yield protection as a rationale. Can you really be rejected for being “overqualified”? WHAT IS YIELD […]

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Demonstrated Interest at Colleges Where it Really Counts

In our recent blog on Demonstrated Interest at the Ivies, we explained what this term means at the most selective schools and promised you a follow up on how demonstrated interest is tracked elsewhere. Demonstrating interest is a key factor in your application strategy and we want to help you maximize your chances at institutions […]

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Demonstrated Interest at the Ivies

All eight Ivy League universities recently clarified that they do not track “demonstrated interest” when making admissions decisions. Applicants who have been advised to show their love for a school to increase their odds of success may be suspicious when hearing these statements. After all, each of these schools also requires a supplemental “Why” essay […]

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Crush the College Interview

With the biggest application deadlines of the cycle in the rearview mirror, high school seniors are now in the midst of college interview season. What is the purpose of admissions interviews? Are they informational or evaluative? How much weight do they carry? Who will be interviewing you? We have provided a deep dive on the […]

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