Aside from all of the death, economic woes, and educational dislocation that mandatory isolation is causing billions of people, world-wide, during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, one darker scenario shared by an admissions friend of ours, in one of the Florida state schools that was confirmed by another in Indiana, and one in Arizona, […]
In making the most significant choice of your life, to date, students, and often their well-meaning, but modern-process-unfamiliar parents, will make two huge mistakes: Beginning with assumptions, rather than knowledge of facts; Worrying about numbers, the “Why Me?” worry. Unless someone who has worked in admissions has let you in on the secret of “cohorts,” […]
We’ve told you how to prepare a long list of schools, suggested you look at possible career paths, how to research where you want to go to school, and even the reasons that you should NEVER use to pick where you go to school. Now comes the fun part: Where will you go?
There are a lot of good reasons to choose a school, but these ten can be why you become one of the millions of college students who transfer, or, worse still, settle for less. You will make three personal, major decisions in your life: Pick a college path, who you marry/cohabitate with, and what you will […]
One of the key components of any college application are teacher recommendations. Here’s how to get them done right.
Revised 23.01.2022 Looking for a great place to go to school for the next four years? Go where everyone else isn’t. Every town has some night spot where it’s hopping. Restaurants with ridiculously long lines to get in. The food may be GREAT, but you don’t want to wait two hours to eat it. […]
Revised 01.2021 Important Changes to the Scholarship Game Since this was first written, the colleges, ever hungry for money, have changed the way that the scholarship game works. Most colleges, and universities, provide a lot of assistance to students directly, in their own scholarships, merit aid, work-study programs, etc. For years, scholarship money was ACCRETIVE. […]
What is a capstone, or senior thesis, or senior seminar project? What makes it so valuable to students, and parents paying for college alike? Outcomes, time, money, and, as technology advances, a better opportunity to stay employed. CAPSTONE 101 Senior thesis projects are the most personal expression of the value of an education in higher […]
Frequently, both parents and students wonder how certain members of their class were admitted to a school with lower class rank, test scores, etc. How do seemingly “better” students, with better grades, and better test scores, not get in? The answer is the most significant, and least talked-about word about undergraduate college admissions game: COHORTS […]
GOLD STANDARD SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (1,791 Undergraduate Only); Style: STEM-Weighted Liberal Arts with Thesis/Capstone Honors College: Yes Affiliations: Tri-College Consortium (Haverford/Bryn Mawr); University of Pennsylvania Student Body: Undergraduate Only (1620 Students) Testing: SAT/ACT Admissions: 13% (Class Size 415); Early Decision 33% Students of Color: 36.8% Male-Female: 49.5%-50.5% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 98% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 87% […]