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Predictive Analytics’ Impact on College Admission: What You Should Know

Jill Schwitzgebel — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:24:17 +0000

Predictive analytics' impact on college admission - three main ways colleges are using data to evaluate students and how to leverage it

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The 4 Latest College Admission Tips for 2025-26

Jill Schwitzgebel — Tue, 09 May 2023 01:00:20 +0000

Here are the 4 latest college admission tips for the classes of 2026 and 2027, based on the admission trends in 2025.

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Cost of Attendance and Other Confusing College Admission Terms

Jill Schwitzgebel — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:47:06 +0000

It is absolutely essential that parents understand confusing college admission terms before allowing their student to commit to a college

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What You Need to Know About Need-Aware Colleges

Jill Schwitzgebel — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:45:56 +0000

I often write about factors that colleges consider as they make admissions decisions. There is one factor that gets very little attention – financial need. Did you know that there are “need-blind” colleges, as well as “need-aware” colleges? Unfortunately, this is an aspect of the college admissions process that students have very little control over....

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7 Important Factors in the College Application Process

Jill Schwitzgebel — Tue, 29 May 2018 14:23:02 +0000

If you thought that applying to college was just a matter of your student sending in their test scores and GPA, and maybe a teacher letter of recommendation, and then sitting back and waiting for the college to give them an answer, think again. Sure, that’s the case at some schools, particularly large state universities. ...

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Summer Before Senior Year To-Do List

Jill Schwitzgebel — Thu, 17 May 2018 19:38:34 +0000

Being productive over the summer before senior year will make applying to college much less stressful. Here are six things to do.

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Applying to College in the Performing or Visual Arts

Jill Schwitzgebel — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:06:58 +0000

Applying to major in the visual or performing arts in college, whether it’s Music, Theater, Dance (or a combination of those three!) , Visual Arts, or any of many subcategories of one of those, adds a whole new level of complication to the application process. Now, the student has to not only maintain their GPA...

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