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College Admissions and Volunteer Work
We have previously discussed the impact volunteer work and civic engagement can have on the admissions process for applicants who have...
Jun 5


The Increasing Importance of AP Tests in College Admissions Decisions
With several prominent schools again requiring standardized testing we are seeing an increasing number of students focusing on SAT and...
Apr 22


When to Start Your College Search
Another year of increasing admissions competition, with the Common App reporting a 6% increase in applicants compared with the same...
Apr 2


2025 College Admissions Surveys
Recently, EAB, an education consultancy, released the results of a survey of 182 national colleges and universities while The Princeton...
Mar 10


Emerging Trends in College Admissions for 2025
With the new calendar year, we thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the emerging trends impacting admissions and some...
Jan 21


Dealing with Deferral
With early action and early decision responses arriving in student mailboxes we thought it would be a good time to update families on how...
Dec 10, 2024


How Personality Traits Impact College Admissions
The Holistic admissions process continues to change the factors that matter in the admissions process at the vast majority of colleges...
Nov 26, 2024


How is AI changing college admissions?
With the release of another survey focusing on the impact of AI on the college admissions process we thought it would be a good time to...
Oct 27, 2024


The hidden driver of college admissions?
With the increasingly competitive nature of college admissions and the less predictable results that many schools are seeing, we thought...
Sep 12, 2024


Quality Public Universities That Are More Accessible?
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) is the research arm of the National Student Clearinghouse, a non-profit that...
Aug 13, 2024


AI, Technology and Admissions
With the recent publication of a number of articles discussing AI and its potential impact on the college admissions process, we have...
Aug 1, 2024


Understanding Early Decision Odds
The summer break presents students and their families with an opportunity to put together their college admissions strategy. Early...
Jul 12, 2024


Social Media and College Admissions
With the Gaza-related campus protests of the past few months, parent questions and concerns about social media and social media postings...
Jun 6, 2024


Summertime and College Admissions
With 95% of colleges utilizing a holistic admissions decision process, families have been struggling for several years to determine how...
May 5, 2024


Schools with High Acceptance Rates and Strong Post-Graduate Employment Data
With tuitions hitting record high levels and a seemingly endless parade of negative news around colleges, families are increasingly...
May 1, 2024


More on AI and College Admissions
Recently, there has been a great deal of focus on AI’s impact on college essays, but less on its broader effect on admissions. A fairly...
Mar 31, 2024


Changes in Standardized Testing
With Yale, Dartmouth ,Brown and UT Austin all bringing back standardized testing requirements in one form or another we have received a...
Mar 18, 2024


AI and the College Admissions Process
The impact of AI on all parts of society has been a hot button issue in the press for many months. While there has been a great deal of...
Feb 13, 2024


Exploring the Latest Shifts in College Admissions: What's New for the New Year?
The early read on the current admissions season points to another year of increasing difficulty. While it isn’t a complete surprise that...
Jan 3, 2024


Navigating the New Norm: Understanding the Subtle Changes in College Admissions for 2023-24
As the 2023-24 admissions cycle progresses and the news and noise related to changes in Affirmative Action quiets down a bit, we have...
Dec 9, 2023
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