Top Tier Admissions
When working with students, we focus on both where they can get in and which college would be the best fit. Attending prestigious institutions like Princeton or Harvard doesn’t guarantee graduating at the top of your class. However, over the years, we’ve noticed that certain top colleges often fast-track students into the upper echelons of […]
The Ivies are making headlines again, but not in a good way. Between shifting admissions policies, flip-flopping on the role of standardized tests (Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Yale—we’re looking at you!) noted grade inflation, rising tuition costs, and bungled responses to campus protests, it’s been a contentious season for these eight elite institutions. The response […]
Ivy Day typically falls in late March or early April and is the day when Ivy League institutions and several other prestigious colleges release their regular decision admissions results. This year, Ivy Day will be on Thursday, March 28. For many applicants, it represents the final verdict on their college aspirations, as they eagerly check […]
The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university founded in 1883 with an undergraduate enrollment of over 42,000. It was ranked #32 (Best National Universities), #9 (Best Public Universities) and #5 (Best Business Programs) by the U.S. News & World Report in 2024. UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of […]
As of this morning, Brown is the third Ivy League school to reinstate standardized test scores, following Yale and Dartmouth’s lead and citing academic performance as the leading factor that influenced the decision. This announcement comes after an evaluation of the University’s undergraduate admissions policies was conducted by a committee appointed by President Christina H. Paxson and […]
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