Every year the Florida public universities get inundated with applications. So they have a special deal: PRIORITY ADMISSIONS. PRIORITY ADMISSIONS DEADLINE: FSU: OCT. 19th. Other Florida Public Universities is NOV. 1st. This is NOT early decision, or early action. There is nothing binding about getting your application in. It just allows them to process a […]
March is a busy month, but it’s also the time that Sophomores, and Juniors, at least those who have yet to do it, should start putting together the “long list” of colleges, or art specific schools and conservatories that might end up on the short list in their Junior year. Most of you will start […]
We have read a handful of really great essays thus far in the 2016 college admissions batch. SO, if you have your essay in ANY state, from finished to just a rough idea in your head, why not take advantage of an emeritus member of the American Society of Magazine Editors who can help you think […]
TOP STEM SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (800 Undergraduate); Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Claremont College Consortium (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Scripps) Student Body: Undergraduate (851 Students) Testing: SAT Reading: 670-760; Math: 730-800; ACT: 29-33 Math II Subject Test: 750-800 Admissions: Applied: 4119; Accepted: 533 (12.9%); Class Size: 215; Early Decision 25% Average GPA: 3.9 (70% over 3.75) […]
Many of you are taking the SAT or the SAT Subject Tests today. For the rest of you who haven’t taken subject tests, if you want to go out of state, you need two at most schools, and it’s best to take them at the end of your year after finals when they’re still fresh […]
Type: College Size: Small (1,430 Undergraduate; 23 Graduate); Style: Gold Standard School/Mini-Ivy Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Student Body: Undergraduate (1453 Students) Testing: SAT: 1930-2210; ACT: 29-33 (SAT/ACT Optional School) Admissions: Applied: 5,396; Accepted: 1888 (34.9%); Class Size: 421; Early Decision 70% Average GPA: 3.9 (70% over 3.75) Students of Color: 18.96% Male-Female: 46.5%-53.5% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 90% Freshman […]
What is one of the measures of the quality of an undergraduate education at a college? How many people go on to achieve the highest (terminal) degrees. There’s a reason.
Chances are better than average that you WILL NOT get into most good music schools on an audition alone. We’ve had too many students who have been surprised by that “secret” of the game of getting into a top conservatory or university program. Here’s what you do to get yourself on the radar of some of […]
Do you like to travel? Do you like foreign languages? Food? Culture? Perhaps a career as a diplomat is for you! The way to “audition” that option is to apply for a summer internship at the State Department. To find out more about how to apply for the program, click here.
Faster than a speeding bullet, you can create trouble for yourself with standardized tests like the SAT or the ACT. When you sign up for the tests with the College Board, or for the ACT, they give you the option of submitting everything to the colleges after you’re done taking the test. Sounds convenient? Don’t […]