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Purdue University, with an undergraduate enrollment of 29,497, is making news these days. They claim their grads have a “near 100% placement rate” when looking for jobs. If you are a computer science student, you may want to schedule your trip to their main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana this summer. Purdue recently signed a […]
We are often asked about transfer admissions this time of year. Many transfer deadlines passed in February and March, though some colleges are still accepting transfer applications. Many students who did not get into their top choice colleges, or work with us in the past, reach out to ask about transfer admissions, odds, and acceptance […]
This is the time of year when high school college counselors kick into gear and send parents a Student/Parent Form to give them a chance to write about their children. This is the counselor’s way of making parents feel a part of the college recommendation letter process and a way to give parents something to […]
Michele was quoted in the Education Life section of the NY Times this week in response to gap year options. Thanks in part perhaps to President Obama’s daughter Malia opting to take a year off before college, gap years have become much more popular as burned out students are seeking a respite from the grind. […]
This has been an unbelievable year in college admissions. We’ve worked with students and families for over 15 years and nothing stays the same, we promise that. The sheer number of applications is rising. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Pomona, Stanford, U Penn, Emory and Yale are just some of the schools who report the largest […]
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