Top Tier AdmissionsSiena is a Pomona College graduate and award-winning student journalist with a passion for impactful communication and global education. After guiding prospective students as a tour guide at Pomona and spearheading sustainability initiatives across the Claremont Colleges, Siena honed her skills in social media strategy and event programming as an admissions office intern. Since graduating, she has worked with Top Tier Admissions, where she now serves as the Creative Content Coordinator. In this role, Siena manages social media strategies, creates engaging content, and supports webinars. Her work combines her love for communication, education, and creativity, all while contributing to the growth and engagement of the Top Tier Admissions community.
The University of Chicago, an Ivy Plus school in Chicago, Illinois, is well known for its quirky and provocative supplemental essay questions inspired by its students, and this year their prompts are no exception. Applicants must respond to a classic “Why Us?” essay and then choose one of seven prompts to expound more on their […]
Boston College, a top Jesuit university in Massachusetts, released updated supplemental essay prompts for the 2025-26 application cycle. Students applying to BC must respond to one of four possible essay questions unless they’re applying to the Human-Centered Engineering major, in which case they must only respond to prompt #5. The HCE major was launched in […]
Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, New York, has an undergraduate population of over 15,000 students. Effective for students applying for Fall 2026 and beyond, first-year applicants are required to submit standardized test scores. However, each of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges has its own requirements for admission and a distinctive set of majors — […]
Carnegie Mellon University, a private “New Ivy” institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known for its engineering and computer science programs, as well as being the first college in the country to offer a degree in drama. CMU announced its School of Computer Science would once again require an SAT or ACT score, while the College […]
The University of California (UC) system comprises 10 public universities located across the state, each with its own distinctive atmosphere and academic opportunities. Students can apply to any number of UC campuses using a single application. As part of this process, applicants must respond to four out of eight “Personal Insight Questions,” designed to give […]
