Top Tier Admissions
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr Over the last two years, the college admissions world has seen myriad changes. Subject tests abandoned, lack of testing opportunities for students, many colleges and universities adjusting their testing requirements due to COVID-19 and the fallout from the pandemic, to now […]
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, having a wise early decision (ED) strategy is KEY and affords students, with few exceptions, the best possible admissions odds. DATA SPEAKS In college admissions, data is king in a variety of ways, none more so than early round admissions statistics. These high percentage admit rates […]
Anxiety rates are on the rise among teenagers, and we see this trend in our students at Top Tier Admissions. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety is the most common mental health concern during adolescence, and nearly 1 in 3 teenagers will experience clinical levels of anxiety at some point before they […]
Post by: Jonathan Kao, TTA Tutor Want to be a more confident student in and out of the classroom? Academic tutoring helps boost a student’s confidence by deepening subject comprehension and hastens all-around improvements in learning (and life) skills like focus, perseverance, independence and troubleshooting. But, a word of warning –ensure your tutoring is ‘proactive’ […]
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