Top Tier Admissions
With thousands of colleges to choose from in the United States, building a college list can feel overwhelming. Websites and marketing materials start to sound alike, rankings compete for your attention, and everyone seems to have an opinion about where you should apply. In our recent Building the College List webinar, we shared a more […]
For the first time in fifteen years, Princeton has been dethroned as the top-ranked national university in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings (USNWR), ceding the No. 1 spot to MIT. Princeton now sits at No. 2, followed by Harvard at No. 3 and Yale at No. 4, while Stanford and Caltech tie for No. […]
Every fall, our families often ask some version of the same question: “Should my student take the SAT or the ACT?” Colleges do not award extra credit for choosing the ‘harder’ test, and institutions such as Penn, Yale, and Stanford explicitly say they do not prefer one exam over the other. The real question is […]
Every applicant faces the same narrow space: 650 words to show an admissions committee who they are, what matters to them, and what they might bring to a college campus. Then come the supplemental essays, shorter still, asking about everything from academic interests to why a particular school is the right match. Students hear a […]
You don’t need to know what you want to be when you grow up. But you do need to know how to explore what interests you. For many high school students, choosing a college major can feel like an enormous decision. The question seems simple enough: What do you want to study? But underneath it […]
The Senior Year Roadmap
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