Top Tier Admissions
Greetings, We wanted our Top Tier Admissions community to be the first to know our exciting news. Maria Laskaris, former Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Dartmouth College, has joined our team and will be sharing her incredible insider perspective on Ivy League college admissions with our families. Maria will be working with a […]
When the Common Application came along with the premise of making the college application process easier than the many individual applications for each college, students and teachers rejoiced. That was then…. NOW, most colleges seem to have 3 or 4 of their own supplemental essays in addition to what’s asked on the Common Application. Why? […]
A post by Dr. Michele Hernandez In a presidency filled with ironies, nothing is more ironic than the Trump team going after affirmative action. In effect, their argument is that somehow minorities are taking up the seats that white students should occupy. Anyone who has read my first book, A is for Admission, knows that […]
Purdue University, with an undergraduate enrollment of 29,497, is making news these days. They claim their grads have a “near 100% placement rate” when looking for jobs. If you are a computer science student, you may want to schedule your trip to their main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana this summer. Purdue recently signed a […]
We are often asked about transfer admissions this time of year. Many transfer deadlines passed in February and March, though some colleges are still accepting transfer applications. Many students who did not get into their top choice colleges, or work with us in the past, reach out to ask about transfer admissions, odds, and acceptance […]
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