Careful With College Tours
Spring and the completion of the college admissions process for this year's senior class brings a change in focus at most schools. With...
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- Apr 3
State Universities with Improving Out of State Admissions Odds?
With regular decision acceptances out and data for the current admissions cycle getting released, the headline numbers seen by most...
- Mar 15
The Changing Importance of Standardized Tests
The last few weeks saw Columbia University and the College of William and Mary make standardized tests ‘optional’ for an indefinite...
- Feb 23
What to Do if You are Deferred
With the vast majority of early action and early decision responses back from colleges , it is a time of year where many families...
- Feb 11
More Tips on Off-season Athletic Recruiting
Our commentary on the athletic recruiting process, web data and recruiting odds (8/3/2022) and ‘off-season’ activities to increase...
- Jan 23
Top Colleges for Career Services and Job Placement
A recent survey of 1005 young professionals by the Mary Christie Institute and the American Association of Colleges and Universities...
- Jan 6
Changes in college admissions to think about in 2023.
With the start of the new calendar year and ED1 results released at most schools, we wanted to highlight some of the trends in college...
- Dec 12, 2022
Good Colleges That are Easy to Apply to.
As Early Decision candidates begin to hear back from their 1st choice schools not all of them will hear good news. The college admissions...
- Dec 3, 2022
Understanding Yield Management Systems In College Admissions
With better colleges seeing ever more applications while having a limited number of 'seats' yield is an increasingly important factor for...
- Nov 23, 2022
Increasing Recruiting Odds During the Off-Season
With many of the athletes we work with seeing their fall club seasons ending and a shortage of showcase events in the northeast during...
- Nov 9, 2022
Potential Admissions Changes Impacting Out-Of-State Students
The past few weeks have seen a data release , a study and a few lengthy articles that together should get students looking to apply to...
- Oct 18, 2022
Writing Better College Essays
With many schools deemphasizing standardized tests and embracing holistic admissions, essays are generally considered a more important...
- Sep 11, 2022
Increasing the Odds of College Admission
It isn't lost on parents that the college admissions process is significantly more competitive than when they went to school. Among the...
- Aug 3, 2022
Athletic Recruiting and Web Data
Much like the traditional college admissions process, the athletic recruiting process is another area of college interaction that can...
- May 31, 2022
2022 College Enrollment Trends
The National Student Clearing House Research Center released its estimates for 2022 college enrollment trends recently. The Research...
- May 4, 2022
Holistic College Admissions in the Summertime
With the admissions cycle largely behind colleges and more time to talk to regional representatives, we are struck by how technology and...
- Mar 1, 2022
Truly Knowing the College Admissions Process
With acceptance and rejection notifications released shortly, we thought it was worth highlighting a fairly opaque part of the admissions...
- Feb 24, 2022
What is Merit Aid for College Applicants?
With the cost of college again creeping higher, an increasing number of people we speak with ask about merit aid and attempting to factor...
- Dec 23, 2021
The Importance of Letters of Recommendation
With standardized testing a smaller factor in the admissions process, we find ourselves talking to more and more families on the...
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