Top Tier Admissions
Several years ago, we offered a deep dive into UVA, Virginia’s flagship university, my graduate school alma mater, a well-known “Public Ivy,” and recently crowned “New Ivy.” But as Virginia residents (like me) know well, UVA is hardly the only college in the state. In fact, Virginia is home to a number of excellent universities, […]
As the price tag for a college degree is set to break the five-figure barrier—some Vanderbilt students will have total expenses of $100,000 next school year—the grumblings over whether college is still worth it have become a deafening roar. As we’ve noted in “The Rising Cost of College Tuition,” families are increasingly asking themselves: Does […]
A recent article in Forbes tackled the growing public scrutiny of Ivy League monopoly by spotlighting the “New Ivies,” 10 public universities and 10 private universities that are “turning out the smart, driven graduates craved by employers of all types.” How did they come up with this list? Forbes identified schools with graduates in high […]
Like the other eight undergraduate institutions in the system, UCLA uses the UC Application (UC App) as its sole avenue of entry. The UC App opens on August 1st each year (as does the Common App), and has an application deadline of November 30th, with no opportunity for Early Action or Early Decision applications. What […]
The term “Public Ivies” has arguably been around longer than any of the other “Ivy adjacent” categories (“Southern Ivies,” “New Ivies,” etc.). A Yale University admissions officer, Richard Moll, coined the phrase in 1985 to refer to state universities that offer exceptional educations at a fraction of the Ivy league price for in-state students. The […]
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