As helpful as it is to research online and browse college websites, nothing beats speaking face to face with a college representative. College fairs are a great way to get to know different colleges and start to understand what you prioritize in a school.
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Applying to Law School? When the application anxiety starts to hit, it’s time to take control and start preparing.
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Did you know you can apply to 53 schools for $35 dollars with the Common Black College Application?
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It’s a delicate balance -- encouraging your child along the way and giving them space to take responsibility. Whether this is your first or last child to apply to college, take a look at how you can be supportive throughout the admissions process.
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David Coleman, CEO of The College Board, recently announced plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT in an effort to capture their social and economic background.
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As a 9th or 10th grader, it can feel like it’s too early in the game to start worrying about the actual process of applying to college. And you’re right. Your goal in the first two years of high school should really be to lay the foundation for success--focus on doing your best in school and finding the extracurricular activities that you enjoy--so you can develop your interests and grow as a student.
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You might have thought the days of standardized testing would be long gone after high school. Low and behold, the truth is, colleges still use standardized tests, mainly the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations), to measure whether you’re prepared for a school beyond undergrad (i.e. graduate programs) because unlike grading standards which can vary from college to college, national tests are more predictable of academic preparedness.
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A college admissions essays, commonly referred to as a personal statement or statement of purpose, can range in length from 350 words to several pages which means, for some applications, you have limited space to describe your experiences, achievements, and goals.
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Like the name implies, extracurriculars are the things you do outside of your normal curriculum. In other words, an extracurricular is any organized group activity or hobby that is an extra to what you do in your studies.
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The experts say that admissions rates (i.e. the percentage of applicants who get offers of admission) are falling at top colleges because prospective students are applying to more schools than they used to, while the number of available spots hasn’t really picked up.
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This admissions cycle, based on the schools who have shared their admissions data so far, Ivy League admissions rates have seemingly decreased across the board.
Not every school shares its admissions rate, but we’ll compiled the data that’s publically available to give you a glimpse of the admissions data for the Class of 2023:
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Deferred from your target law school? Waitlisted from your top undergraduate college? Feeling discouraged is natural, but don’t let your feelings of rejection stop you from taking one last step toward your dream school.
Yes, you can and should put an after school job on your college applications. I would say only about 1 in every 8 cases when I read undergraduate applications did the applicant list a job…
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