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After the Application Is In

October 24, 2007

If you have written some powerful college essays and personal statements, then it is very likely you have worked for weeks devoting countless hours to writing, researching, rewriting, tossing out, starting all over again, and now, finally your applications have been submitted. So what do you do now? Most students think …

Categories: Admissions Process, College Decisions, Interest, Submitting the Application

Tags: After The Application Is In, College Admissions Counselors, College Application, College Essays, College Interest

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It’s Time to Write Your Essays

August 29, 2007

Your parent has been on your case for the last few weeks now, school has just begun, and you’re finding out that many of your friends have already written most of their essays. Your guidance counselor has called a meeting for all seniors and has warned you of last minute …

Categories: College Essays, High School Summer Plans, The Application

Tags: Brainstorming College Essays, College Applicants, College Application, College Deadlines, College Essays

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Is the Process Not Stressful Enough?

May 16, 2007

“Now a kid who is applying to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton is also applying to the Lehighs and Lafayettes,” offered Brett Levine, director of guidance at Madison High School in New Jersey. It’s the same tier, basically. Lehigh and Lafayette in the same tier as Harvard, Yale, or Princeton? No, …

Categories: Admissions Process

Tags: Admissions Decisions, College Admissions, College Admissions Process, College Applicants, Harvard

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MIT Dean of Admissions Resigns

April 26, 2007

Today when it was discovered that Marilee Jones, the Dean of Admissions at MIT, lied about her credentials 28 years ago it sent a shockwave through the college admissions community. According to her own statement on MIT’s website, Marilee apologizes: “I have resigned as MIT’s Dean of Admissions because very …

Categories: Admissions Process

Tags: College Admissions, College Admissions Counselor, College Application, MIT Admissions Dean, MIT Dean

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College Admissions Police

April 14, 2007

In a recent “Wall Street Journal” article, “Admissions Police Bolster Efforts to Uncover Fraud,” Jon Weinbach discusses what can be a new trend in college admissions, the college admissions police. “Before mailing out acceptance and rejection letters over the past week, thousands of colleges and graduate schools conducted their usual …

Categories: Admissions Process

Tags: College Admissions, College Admissions Police, College Admissions Policing, College Application, Trend in College Admissions

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Extracurricular Activities

March 14, 2007

While colleges look for the student’s depth as well as breadth of involvement, extracurricular activities should be great fun but they should also be activities about which the student is passionate. When listing extracurricular involvements on a chart of the college application, there is room for the description of the …

Categories: College Essays

Tags: Activity Sheet, Applicant Activities, Applicant Extracurricular Activities, College Application, Extracurricular Activities

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Princeton and Early Decision

March 1, 2007

There’s an interesting article posted February 8, 2007 on “News@Princeton” by Cass Cliatt: “Princeton sets third consecutive applications record.” In Princeton University’s last Early Decision class, (at least for right now), another new record has been set. Applications are up from last year 2 percent in Early Decision and 9% …

Categories: Admissions Process

Tags: Applying to College, College Decisions, Early Action, Early Decision, Princeton and Early Decision

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Electronic Searches vs. The College Counselor

Dear Ivy Coach, I am writing an article for “The New York Times” on the growing number of companies that offer search engines to help high school students come up with a list of potential colleges. Many are set up as kind of electronic guidance counselors. Princeton Review, for instance, …

Categories: Other Tidbits

Tags: College Decision, College Decisions, College Search, College Search Process, Deciding on College

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Will Colleges be Dropping Early Admissions Policies?

February 11, 2007

When colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia announced that they will be dropping their Early admissions programs, high school students, parents, and college counselors began to wonder if this was the beginning of a new trend in admissions and that perhaps more colleges were going to …

Categories: Admissions Process

Tags: Admissions Decisions, College Admission, Early Action, Early Admissions Policies, Early Decision, Early Policies

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