Top Tier Admissions
With 2024 fast approaching, it’s time to take a look back at forces and factors that continue disrupting the college admissions process. Later this week, stay tuned for our predictions for the new year and reflections on this past year at Top Tier Admissions. 2023: LOOKING BACK Supreme Court overturns legality of race-conscious admissions Last June, […]
Although the November 1st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most students are still awaiting their decisions and most colleges have yet to publicly announce the number of early applications they received. However, application results shared by a few top public universities including Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, plus Yale, the only top private university […]
The college admissions process can be overwhelming. There are so many factors to consider when choosing the right institution for your future (acceptance rate, academic strengths, extracurricular offerings, location, campus culture, research opportunities, and so much more). Fortunately, there is a valuable resource that can help you navigate some quantitative aspects of this complex journey: […]
Each year, as I work with my students to explore their colleges of interest, several of them ask me about my undergraduate experiences at Stanford University. I’m always happy to share my memories of the school, which range from fountain hopping as a nervous freshman to taking the train up to San Francisco to explore […]
With the second highest number of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the country (led only by California), New York State has options galore for the budding college student — with NYC itself boasting an impressive array of Ivy and Ivy-adjacent options. You know what they say about NYC: if you can make it here, you’ll make […]
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