Top Tier Admissions
For those with a top-choice Early Decision and/or Early Action school, you’ve hit “submit” or are poised to do so before the next deadline. Congrats! The college admissions landscape has changed dramatically over the years but two things are consistent: 1. Odds still go WAY up at most schools in the early rounds and 2. […]
As more families turn to private counselors for advice on application strategies and essays, we often hear students asking us if they still need to develop a relationship with their high school counselor at school for the purpose of college admissions. The unequivocal answer to this question is YES! College and high school counselors not […]
Top Tier Admissions is the most trusted team of college admissions experts. We are committed to making the process more transparent for our community. With this goal in mind, we have collected and analyzed years of Ivy League university and college admissions statistics to demystify the application process and empower applicants to make informed decisions […]
Whether we’re talking strong muscles or strong minds, striving for excellence requires consistency, perseverance, grit, and good ole’ fashioned hard work! With Thanksgiving only six weeks away, high school students across the country are working diligently to earn top grades and strong test scores that will help them develop competitive college profiles. In other words, […]
With the extension of test-optional policies at many top colleges and universities for the 2022-2023 application cycle, we can expect another year of flooded applicant pools. This test-optional environment begets a high volume of applications and, in some cases, a larger incoming class. For instance, Princeton’s Class of 2026 is their largest class EVER! Simply […]
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