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The beginning of a new school year also marks the start of the academic conference season. Some colleges and career offices do a great job relaying the importance of attending professional and academic conferences. Others don’t get to it. ACADEMIC CONFERENCES: UNDERGRADUATES Did you know there’s a professional association that allows undergraduate student members in […]
Our Top Tier Admissions annual meeting in May featured a topic close to our hearts: mental wellness. As admissions consulting professionals (and parents!) who work with middle schoolers and high schoolers from all other the world, we are paying close attention to today’s global mental health crisis. Clinical psychology graduate programs train and position their […]
I’ve worked with students for almost two decades who hate the GRE. It’s long, they haven’t taken a math class in several years (so the quant section is overwhelming), the registration fee ($220 in most U.S. cities) is pricey, it’s anxiety-producing to sit in a test center for four hours, standardized testing is fraught with […]
February is prime time for graduate school application submissions. It’s also when many college students are thinking about next steps. If you are researching graduate programs, you might be understandably confused when it comes to the testing requirements. I want to help clear up some of the confusion and give you straight answers about “score […]
In August 2020, I wrote a post called “Grad School Admissions Changes Due to Covid-19.” Since then, graduate school admissions has changed dramatically. Given the admissions and enrollment trends we track here at Top Tier Admissions, we’re able to gauge how things are changing year over year in admissions. As with many things, Covid threw […]
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