Top Tier Admissions
If you’ve spent any time on college admissions social media lately, you may have seen the headline: Vanderbilt is opening a campus in New York City. There are photos of a beautiful Chelsea building, references to the High Line, and a lot of excitement about Vanderbilt’s expansion beyond Nashville. Here is the distinction that matters […]
As mid-summer arrives, rising seniors and their families are beginning to turn their attention toward the upcoming college application season. While this journey is significant, you have the opportunity to approach it with clarity and confidence. July serves as an ideal time to transform a list of potential colleges into a refined, concrete strategy—with the […]
Cornell is one of the hardest Ivies to decode because its admissions process is not organized around a single undergraduate admissions pool. Cornell’s famous motto, “any person…any study,” feels expansive, inclusive, and open-ended. And, in many ways, it is. But from an admissions standpoint, Cornell is highly structured: applicants apply directly to one of Cornell’s […]
In late May 2026, Yale University Admissions announced an update to its standardized testing policy. Starting in the 2026-2027 application cycle, all first-year applicants will be required to submit either an ACT or SAT score, and AP/IB scores cannot be substituted to meet this testing requirement. This policy change reverses the test-optional and test-flexible policies […]
Choosing a college is one of the biggest decisions a student will make, and too often, students approach it from a place of limited information. In the vast pool of thousands of colleges and universities across the country, there is a small handful of schools that have the most name recognition, familiarity, and notoriety. Doing […]
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