Top Tier Admissions
Finding the best secondary school for your family can feel like an intimidating process. Are you interested in boarding schools? Day schools? Language immersion programs? Do you care about a school’s religious background? What about the academic opportunities? Are there AP-level classes or an IB curriculum? Study abroad programs? What does college placement look like? […]
As another semester winds down, we’re back to share our annual holiday gift guide for high school students and their families! This year, in lieu of a traditional gift guide, we are highlighting book recommendations from the Top Tier Admissions Team! We’ve asked our Senior Private Counselors and TTA staff to each share one book […]
You did it! You submitted your Early Decision and Early Action applications, and you are now resisting the urge to refresh your email as you await good news. For many students, the next few weeks will be filled with dreams of acceptance and worries about rejection. But there is another response you might receive from […]
Although the November 1st early admissions deadlines are behind us, most colleges have yet to publicly announce updates on the number of early applications they received. Application results shared by two top universities—the University of Georgia and Yale University—offer some preliminary insight into how this year’s application numbers might trend. Here’s what we know so […]
In the world of college admissions, this is a stressful time of year. As soon as seniors finished their dash across the finish line of early round deadlines, they barely came up for air before diving back into UC and regular decision applications. Juniors are feeling the pressure, too, as they take the SAT/ACT and […]
The Senior Year Roadmap
Every deadline from August to May – test dates, applications. decisions – in one place. Signup to download the full 9-page Senior Year Roadmap (PDF)