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March 2008 - Waitlisted? Welcome to Limbo!: In the March 27th edition of The Boston Globe, the article, “Student agony grows along with top colleges' wait lists,” mentions specific numbers of waitlisted students at some highly selective colleges in the northeast. While this is by no means a new phenomenon, for the Class of 2012, the number of waitlisted applicants has reached record highs... |
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December 2007 - Searching for Colleges: Ask a Student: Searching for Colleges? Ask a student. During the college search process while on your campus visit and anywhere else you meet students, listen to...
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September 2007 - The College Essay : A powerful essay could be the one part of the application that gets you noticed and as a result, gets you in.
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July 2007 - Ten Reasons Gaining Acceptance at a Highly Selective College is Not All about the Numbers: Of course it's about your grades in the most rigorous core courses and your scores on standardized exams, and anyone who tells you it's not is misinforming you. It's just that it's not all about the numbers since so many other factors are also considered. |
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June 2007 - Making the Most of Your Summer Experience: How you choose to spend your summer vacations can have a definite impact on whether or not you are admitted to the college of your choice.
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May 2007 - Who Gets Accepted?: When competition is as keen as it is with these highly selective colleges, all factors play a role in the admissions process, but the two basic factors continue to be exceptional academic and personal accomplishments.
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April 2007 - Admissions Class of 2011: A Record Breaking Year for Applications to Ivy League Colleges: If you are a student applying to college in the next year, or two, or three, don’t just assume that your stats alone will win you admission to the college of your choice.
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March 2007 - Senioritis: An Affliction Affecting High School Seniors: “Senioritis,” a common ailment amongst high school seniors that affects their performance typically in their second semester and once they have been accepted at the college of their choice.
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February 2007 - Are there Mixed Messages in College Admissions?: It's to be expected in a college system as diverse as ours, I suppose, but students often have trouble wading through the sometimes contradictory messages colleges send out. |
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January 2007 - FAQ's Course Scheduling: Since I've worked really hard in high school, I’m going to drop science, math and foreign language in my senior year. Won’t admissions counselors agree that I deserve to have it easier in my last year? |
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December 2006 - Colleges with Optional SAT Policies: The highly selective colleges that do not require SAT scores still want to see a stellar academic record in the most challenging courses, powerful personal statements, dynamic teacher recommendations, evidence of talent in significant extracurricular pursuits, and through personal qualities and interests, an applicant who has the potential to make a difference. |
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November 2006 - What's Important?: Valedictorians with scores of 2400 on the SAT & two or three scores of 800’s on Subject Tests may not be good enough…Too often these students feel that they have achieved a sense of entitlement, and after admissions counselors at highly selective colleges read their applications, these candidates often come off one-dimensional, sometimes sounding pompous and arrogant. |
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October 2006 - Standardized Testing: Standardized testing helps admissions counselors compare students from high schools with different levels of competitiveness from across the country and around the world. While a student’s grade point average is one objective criteria, standardized test scores is another. |
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September 2006 - Early Action vs. Early Decision: Applicants need to understand the early decision and different early action options, so that they make informed decisions about whether or not it is in their best interest to use them. |
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August 2006 - Ethnicity as an Admissions Factor: If a college needs to report X number of Under-Represented Minorities (URM) applicants, then that college will very likely include that applicant in their minority statistics. |
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July 2006 - Effective Letters of Recommendation: A powerful teacher letter of recommendation is going to depend upon how much you have impressed your teachers. |
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June 2006 - Can Students Find Happiness at Less Selective Colleges?: With more than 3700 colleges and universities in the US, only about one percent of those are considered highly selective. |
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May 2006 - The Choice Between A Liberal Arts Or A Pre-Professional Education: With the vast array of colleges and universities in the U.S. some offer an education in the liberal arts and sciences, while others are more specialized or pre-professional. |
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April 2006 - Prior to Senior Year of High School: Visit the colleges on your list. Spend as much time as you can on campus and talk to students, faculty and admissions counselors. Attend classes and plan an overnight if possible. Ask questions! |
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March 2006 - Easing Stress of College Admission: I have witnessed all too often the pressure students experience when they apply to highly selective colleges: pressure from their parents, their peers, but mostly pressure they inflict upon themselves. Some students handle this fine, others have minor meltdowns, and some suffer from severe anxiety attacks. |
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February 2006 - Work Experience and College Admission: A student who has real work experience shows college admissions counselors that he or she cannot only assume responsibility, but is also mature, trustworthy, reliable and dependable. |
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