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Inside Standardized Testing: Former Ivy League Dean of Admissions Weighs In

According to a recent FairTest press release, 55 percent of all bachelor-degree granting schools in the U.S. have already announced they will be test-optional for students applying to college in the fall of 2022. Included are all Ivy League schools, other selective private institutions such as Emory, Rice, and Stanford, and many flagship public universities […]

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Class of 2025: Regular Decision Notification Dates

Look no further for your Class of 2025 regular decision notification dates! Say goodbye to endless web searches and hello to our compilation below. As always, we will be updating as we learn more information. CLASS OF 2025 –REGULAR DECISION NOTIFICATION DATES American University April 1 Amherst College On or around March 20 Babson College […]

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College Admissions and Demonstrated Interest

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. (with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning) Juniors: now is the time to start showing colleges some love! Demonstrated interest – yours – increasingly is a factor in the admissions selection process.  Although admissions officers are fully engaged in the review of applications for the Class […]

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Extending Test-Optional Policies

Every day things seem to shift and change in the college admissions landscape. Add in a pandemic and things become even murkier. As you know from reading our blog posts, the test-optional narrative isn’t a free pass if you are aiming high. We still recommend that our students prep for and take the ACT or SAT and APs! We will keep you posted on […]

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Class of 2025 – The Big Squeeze

Another year for the record books, as top colleges and universities see their overall application volumes soar in this most unprecedented cycle. Among the eye-popping statistics we’ve seen, NYU tops 100,000 applications, Harvard’s pool grows by 57 percent, and Colgate receives double the number of applications as compared to last year. TEST-OPTIONAL = DRIVING FORCE […]

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