Georgetown Releases Admissions Decisions Electronically

There have been SAT/ACT cancelations, AP test modifications, and college tour cancelations. But the novel coronavirus pandemic hasn’t yet led to many super significant, enduring changes yet in the world of highly selective college admissions — except maybe at Georgetown University. Stop the presses. This is utter madness. Georgetown University … 

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2018 Regular Decision Admission Notification Dates

Curious when each highly selective university will be releasing its 2018 Regular Decision notifications? We figured you might be. It’s why we’ve aggregated the admission notification dates for many of America’s most highly selective schools. This way, you won’t have to stay awake at night wondering if it’ll be late … 

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Reactions to College Acceptances

After our students at Ivy Coach learn of their admissions decisions and after we let out a loud yelp, we always ask them to detail for us exactly how they found out the great news and how their parents found out, too. We’ve seen and heard it all over the … 

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University of Chicago Economics Department

When it comes to the study of economics, we would argue that the University of Chicago is America’s standard-bearer. The department, home of world-renowned economist and author of “Freakonomics” Steven Levitt (he also happens to boast the John Bates Clark Medal for his contributions to economic thought), has produced 12 … 

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Combatting Rising College Tuition Costs

The sun lights up the sky (except for a few minutes today, on this day of the Solar Eclipse). The ocean is wet. And college tuition goes up and up. These all seem like no-brainers, right? Of course they are. But what if we were to tell you that there … 

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Choosing a College Based on Major

Thinking about choosing a college based on your intended major? Peter Van Buskirk believes that to be a good idea. He’s a former dean of admissions at Franklin & Marshall College and currently works as a private college counselor. As Peter writes on his firm’s June 28, 2017 blog, “Embracing a college … 

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2017 College Commencement Speakers

It’s nearing that time of year — commencement season. And so, in keeping with our annual tradition, let’s break down the who’s who of commencement speakers. Which universities landed a high profile speaker and which offered the slot to someone few have ever heard of? Wonder no longer because “US News … 

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2017 Ivy League Decision Day

“The Time Has Come, The Time Is Now. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now?” We’re not sure why we have Dartmouth’s Dr. Seuss in our heads on this 2017 Ivy League Regular Decision notification day. Some folks in the college admissions community refer to today as D-Day, but … 

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MIT Class of 2021

Decisions are out for the MIT Class of 2021. College admissions enthusiasts know that decisions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology come out annually at the same exact time on the same exact date (Pi Day). After all, MIT is a fairly renowned institution when it comes to mathematics so … 

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Ivy League Decision Day

It’s Ivy League Decision Day, the day when each of the Ancient Eight schools notify applicants of their decisions. To the vast majority of our students who first came to us in the Regular Decision round (since just about all of our students who came to us before the Early … 

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