Congratulations! You just got into one or more of the colleges of your choice. The first number is rarely the final number. Arriving at a financial aid package that works for you is a bit like shopping for a car, or haggling in a Turkish bazaar for a gold vase. Where you ultimately go will also […]
Overcrowding has been a reality at many large public and private colleges across the United States. Freshman class sizes that were a hundred, then a few hundred, are now rising up to 1,000 or more. Stanford has a few lower-level courses bordering 520, and U.C. Berkeley offers 101 chemistry to 1,000 students or more in […]
Type: Public Research University Size: Very Large; Style: Factory Honors College: Offered by Department/School Affiliations: University of California (UC) System Student Body: Total: 38,276 Undergraduate :27,496; Graduate: 10,708 Testing: ACT: 32 (In-State:31; Out-of-State: 33; International: 33) SAT: (Old system): 2143 (In-State: 2045; Out-of-State: 2204; International: 2182 Admissions: Applied: 82,573 (In-State: 45,786, Out-of-State: 21,219, International: 15,568); Accepted: 14,433 (In-State: 9,758,, Out-of-State: […]
Supplemental questions are a major tripping point for most college applicants. They’re also weeding questions, designed intentionally to trip you up, get rid of you. One is 500 words. The next is 500 characters. Even seemingly innocent questions like “Why do you want to come to our school?” require thought, and the “right answer,” which […]
If you’re NOT applying to a conservatory or fine arts school with a single-admission system, then consider playing the Early game. When you get done making up your short list of schools, you will have a top choice to which you want to apply. The three next questions are: How “top” is it, for you, […]
What’s a “test optional” school? Test optional is Latin for “We’re scared of dropping the SAT/ACT tests because U.S. News & World Report’s all-powerful college reviews will drop us like a hot rock.” There are over 900 schools, though, that put your performance at school first, and either look minimally or not at all […]
95% of students apply to places with nice lawns and good football programs, and a MAJOR, but have zero idea of who will be teaching them. One of the top reasons that students transfer between colleges is because they realize that they’re in the wrong place. You wouldn’t pick a car by saying: “I think […]
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has, for the last twenty-five years, offered nearly 6,000 college scholarships to exceptional high school students who have demonstrated in high school a dedication to active leadership and service that “positively affects others.”
The University of California, Berkeley offers a unique Summer Youth Intensive Program for exceptional chemistry students.
Type: College Size: Small Style: Non-Traditional/Outside-the-Box Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst; Amherst College; Smith; Mount Holyoke) Student Body: Undergraduate (1376 Students) Testing: NO SAT/ACT Required Admissions: Applied: 2671; Accepted: 1789 (67%); Class Size: 331; Early Decision 81% Average GPA: 3.45 Students of Color: 31% Male-Female: 41%-58% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.6:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 82% Freshman Graduating […]