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Are You a Helicopter Parent?

November 24, 2007

The twenty-first century term “helicopter parent” refers to a person who pays extremely close attention to his or her children, especially within the realm of educational institutions. They rush to prevent any harm or failure from befalling their children. They prevent their children from learning from their own mistakes, sometimes …

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Tags: College Applicants, College Counselors, College Essays, Helicopter Parent, Helicopter Parenting

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After the Application Is In

October 24, 2007

If you have written some powerful college essays, 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 they can …

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

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Students Applying to Colleges in Multiple Tiers

May 16, 2007

Is it unusual to earn admission to one of America’s most selective universities but to be waitlisted or denied admission at a less selective university? Just about every year, students who were not our clients come to us and ask, “Why would I get into Brown and Columbia but not …

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Tags: College Admissions Process, Colleges in Top Tier, Demonstrated Interest, Students Applying to Colleges in Multiple Tiers, Top Tier Colleges

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MIT Dean of Admissions Resigns

April 26, 2007

It was announced today that Marilee Jones, the Dean of Admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lied about her credentials 28 years ago when she applied to work at the Institute. The announcement, of course, immediately sent shockwaves through the college admissions community since Marilee, a longtime admissions leader, …

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

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College Admissions Police

April 14, 2007

Is a college admissions police force a new trend in elite college admissions? While the very idea may seem ridiculous, in a recent article published in The Wall Street Journal, “Admissions Police Bolster Efforts to Uncover Fraud,” Jon Weinbach discusses the notion of college admissions officers debating whether or not …

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

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Princeton and Early Decision

March 1, 2007

When things are going well, many organizations choose to maintain the status quo. Why change what works? Yet some organizations choose to make changes even when things are going well in the hope they’ll be even better in the future. It seems that Princeton University’s admissions office is firmly in …

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

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Will Colleges Be Dropping Early Admissions Policies?

February 11, 2007

Are Early Decision and Early Action programs on the outs at our nation’s elite universities? When schools such as Harvard University, Princeton University, and the University of Virginia recently announced that they will be dropping their Early admissions programs, many high school students, parents, and college counselors began to wonder …

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Tags: Early Action, Early Admissions Policies, Early Decision, Early Policies, Harvard Early Action

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How Applications Are Evaluated and Decisions Are Made

August 13, 2004

Of the 1,800 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S., only about 35 are considered highly selective. This highly selective category is reserved for schools that typically admit less that one-third of all their applicants. To determine a college’s degree of selectivity, one needs to know the number of students …

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Tags: Evaluating College Applications, Evaluation of College Applications, How Applications Are Evaluated, How Applications are Evaluated and Decisions are Made, How College Apps Are Evaluated

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