Campus Visits
If you're a high school student now is a great time to be making your campus visits. Many students wait until the summer months to visit schools and, on the surface, this may seem like a logical decision.
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Advanced Placement Tests
In May of 2012, two million high school students took 3.7 million Advanced Placement tests. Out of the 14.8 million high school students in the U.S. in grades 9 through 12, 18% passed at least one Advanced Placement exam with a minimum score of 3 on a scale of 1 …
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Summer Plans and College Admission
A well-planned summer experience where you develop your interests and your talents just might help you gain admission to the college of your choice.
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Common App Personal Statements
In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on the Common App personal statement and, through a few vignettes, we’re going to show you some common mistakes that students make to see if you can pinpoint what exactly they did wrong.
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Private College Counselors
We're in this business because when we receive those phone calls from our students informing us that they got into several of the most selective colleges in the country (their top choices), they couldn't be happier.
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Counselor Letters of Recommendation
In addition to having great teacher letters of recommendation, a letter of recommendation from a guidance counselor is also required.
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Teacher Letters of Recommendation
In the years that we have been in practice here at Ivy Coach, we have seen them all. We have seen the letter of recommendation in which the teacher forgot to do a “Replace All” from a previous letter: “Scott is a very bright and eager student. When Sarah got a question wrong on an exam, she approached me to figure out how he could avoid that kind of mistake in the future.”
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The College Waitlist
A waitlist system is devised as a cushion so that the college ends up with what they estimate as a targeted freshman class.
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The Campus Visit, Rankings, and Fantasy Sports
There are other reasons for visiting campuses, reasons a bit less obvious. And these reasons should encourage you to visit schools before you apply.
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The Alumni Interview – What Applicants Should NOT Do
Avoid these pitfalls and chances are good that you’ll leave a positive impression. You never know if this interview could make the difference in your chances for admission.
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