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 […]
Type: College Size: Very Small (1,000) Style: Hands On/Engaged Affiliations: N/A Honors College: N/A Student Body: Undergraduate: 950; Graduate: 50 Testing: SAT:1460-2360/ACT: 28-35 Admissions: 30 in Architecture, 65 in Art and 125-145 in Engineering Students of Color: 45.7% (His.: 12%; AA: 6.4%; AS:23.6%) Male-Female: 66%-34% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 16:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 97.0% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 68%; 6 Years: 81% Attend […]
Colleges get a lot of applications these days. Far more than they used to. Some schools are accepting 7,000 students on 44,000+ applications! Most of the time, as they whittle and weed out, the differences between applicants can be reasonably clear. Sometimes it gets really close. Whether you are a top student applying under some kind […]
GOLD STANDARD SCHOOL / MINI IVY Type: College Size: Small (1,791 Undergraduate); Style: Liberal Arts with Thesis/Capstone Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Student Body: Undergraduate (1773 Students) Testing: Test Optional Admissions: 21.6% (Class Size 517); Early Decision 51.1% Students of Color: 22.8% Male-Female: 49%-51% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 94.6% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 83.5% Attend a Graduate School within 10 Years: […]