A post by Dr. Kristen Willmott & Dr. Michele Hernandez The season for juniors to request letters of recommendation inches closer and closer by the day. Teacher recommendations are a vital part of the college admissions process. High school students who get into the very top colleges are those with off-the-charts teacher recommendations that say […]
Author: Top Tier Admissions
Last year (spring 2013), Harvard received 1,486 transfer applications and 15 were accepted — about a 1% transfer admissions rate. Dartmouth received 683 transfer applications, 57 were admitted and 27 enrolled. Amherst received 471 transfer applications, 20 were accepted and 13 enrolled. The University of Virginia received 2,456 transfer applications, 996 were admitted, and 618 […]
We have read a LOT of essays over the years…thousands….and almost every year Legos make an appearance in one way or another. Often, future engineers and physics fans found their calling while playing with Lego. This young woman is now studying at Yale: The black and white cow was safely tucked back into his stall […]
All high school students should subscribe to The Concord Review and read some of the best academic papers written by their peers. We’ve encouraged our students to submit to The Concord Review. Not only does this raise their level of scholarship in attempting to sharpen a paper for publication, but it encourages them to READ […]
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First Generation College Applicants
We have received a number of questions recently from first-generation college applicants so we will focus this week’s newsletter on that topic. In addition to the information we offer in this newsletter, we also encourage you to check out Michele’s recent article on the New York Times blog The Choice. We have noticed students whose […]
