Top Tier Admissions
Originally a football conference, the Ivy League has become broadly equated with the nation’s oldest, most selective, and most academically respected schools. Ranging from urban Columbia and UPenn to the more rural Dartmouth and Cornell, the “Ivy” moniker ties these schools together more by association and history than by any one collective attribute. As a […]
Parents often ask us what their children can do in middle school to begin preparing for the college admissions process. You might be wondering, “Is it too early to think about college?” After all, college admissions officers generally only look at students’ high school records. In reality, however, the choices students make in middle school […]
How has your experience working as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer for Harvard University informed your approach to Private Counseling? I really connected to my role as an admissions and financial aid officer for Harvard University. I started as a Staff Assistant III in admissions and worked my way up the ladder. One of […]
The new digital SAT launches this spring for all international students and NEXT spring in the U.S. I’m sure you can imagine the questions we’ve been receiving on how best to prepare. As we mentioned in our previous post, “What Is the Digital SAT,” for the most part, studying for the digital SAT will be […]
With record-high application volume and record-low admit rates, the Class of 2027 admissions statistics are similar to those for the Class of 2026. The major trends? More applications to top schools (driven by test-optional policies) and a clear commitment to a diverse incoming class. But not everyone is smashing records. As reported in our March Madness: Class […]
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