Top Tier Admissions
College admissions is not for the faint of heart. All you need do is review the Class of 2021 acceptance rates to see for yourself. We’ve been swamped with emails and calls from nervous parents and students who, now that summer has kicked in, wonder “WHAT can I do to get into a top college?” […]
As we blogged about in February, the 2016-2017 Common Application main essay prompts are quite similar to those from last year. Here are the essay prompts for this year’s Common App: Common Application Main Essay Prompts: 2016-2017 Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would […]
Post by Brian, Senior Counselor. We just finished our 13th year of Application Boot Camp®, and I’m happy to say our students are all the better off for attending. Right in the heart of Boston, near Fenway Park, our team helped students revise multiple rounds of essays (over 1,000 drafts in total!), held strategy sessions […]
Recently Columbia University followed the University of Pennsylvania’s lead by becoming the second Ivy League school to drop both SAT Subject Test requirements along with the writing section requirements for the SAT or ACT. It appears schools are starting to trend a bit more on the ‘less is more’ side in terms of standardized test […]
UPDATE: Aug. 9th University of Chicago Adds Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2 Chicago once again has shaken things up, introducing ED I and ED 2 along with their traditional early action program. As of a couple of weeks ago, Chicago now has ED1 November 1 (and ED2 January 1) in addition to Early […]
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