What Does Holistic College Admission Mean?
A holistic approach is not based solely on GPAs or test scores or other numerical data. So what does holistic college admission mean?
AP vs IB vs AICE – Which One is Best?
Since you clicked on the title, it’s likely you already know what “AP vs IB vs AICE” is referring to. But just in case: AP – Advanced Placement IB – International Baccalaureate AICE – Advanced International Certificate of Education (This is also often referred to as the Cambridge curriculum) All three of the above are…
The End of Race-Conscious Admissions – Or Is it?
If you’re tuned in to higher ed, or maybe the news in general today, you’ll see headlines like “The End of Race-Conscious Admissions” or some go further and say “The End of Affirmative Action.” It seems that it’s not truly accurate. It feels a little too complex to try to explain in a social media…
The 4 Latest College Admission Tips For 2023-24
Here are the 4 latest college admission tips for the classes of 2024 and 2025, based on the admission trends in 2023.
College Applications and ChatGPT
I thought maybe I could avoid writing about ChatGPT and college applications, but it’s the elephant in the room if you ignore it these days. What are the implications for college admission?
The Ivy League Academic Index and Student Athletes
Wondering if athletics might give your student the edge they need to get into an Ivy? It’s time to learn about the Ivy league academic index.
What You Need to Know About Current Trends in College Admission
If you haven’t been through the process in recent years, you may not know about the 7 current trends in college admission.
How Do Rolling Admissions Work? What You Need to Know
How do rolling admissions work? Does it seem confusing? It’s not! When a college uses rolling admission, it means that they will evaluate applications as they are received. This is different than a college that sets a regular decision deadline to review all applications – that means that a college will not review any applications…
Why You Really Need to Check Out the College Common Data Set
What if I told you there was information readily available online that would go a long way in helping your student more accurately assess their chance of admission at a particular college? I’m not talking about those threads that high school students do on some forums called “Chance Me for Admissions at XYZ University.” I’m…
College Admissions Competition (Who Are Students Really Competing Against?)
As admissions decisions have come in this year, like every year, families will try to figure out why one applicant got admitted and another did not. The perception is that there is indeed a college admissions competition among applicants. But applicants are usually not competing for admission against who they think they are competing against. …