Premed Applicants

There was a terrific article in yesterday’s The Harvard Crimson that explored how students who arrive at Harvard University and want to get on the premed path often end up changing their minds. The article, penned by Any Guan and Radhika Jain and entitled “Former Premeds Move Towards Other Career … 

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Easiest SAT Subject Tests

The Easiest SAT Subject Tests Since its inception in 1926, the SAT has been a cornerstone of the U.S. college application process, and while more colleges are making the test optional, it’s still a major piece of the puzzle for any college applicant. Similar to the GMAT and GRE for … 

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Ivy League Tuition Costs

Tuition costs in the Ivy League are on the rise again. Shocker. Dartmouth saw the highest tuition hike at 5.9%. Princeton saw the lowest hike in the last 45 years at 1%. While Columbia has not yet announced their tuition hike the university will, in all likelihood, end up being … 

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College Admissions and March Madness

It’s that time of year again, the time of year when you print out your NCAA Tourney bracket, read Dick Vitale’s predictions on ESPN, and then fill in your own projections for the universities you think will advance to the Sweet 16 and beyond. In the Ivy League, for the … 

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Harvard ROTC Applicants

The administration at Harvard University opted this week to reinstate the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program on campus. Since 1970, the ROTC program had been discontinued at Harvard as a result of student protests to the Vietnam War. It remained inactive due to the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” … 

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Penn Diversity

Students at the University of Pennsylvania recently confronted administrators at a University Council meeting on the administration’s goals to increase diversity on campus. At this meeting, students voiced displeasure at both UPenn’s efforts to recruit underrepresented minority students as well as faculty and the resources available to underrepresented minority students … 

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Likely Letters

If you get a letter from a college that tells you that the admissions committee was deeply impressed by your application and that you’re a likely candidate for admission, you’ve just received what is known as a Likely Letter. Likely Letters are sent out by many of our nation’s highly … 

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College Admissions Literature

There’s a review in today’s The New York Times of Crazy U, a book written by a father, Andrew Ferguson, whose son recently applied to colleges. The review, penned by Dwight Garner and entitled “Application Adventure: A Dad’s College Essay,” is overwhelmingly positive. But buyer beware: This is an example of … 

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Plagiarized College Essays

What do Vice President Joe Biden, poet T. S. Eliot, and historian Stephen Ambrose all have in common? They have all at some point been accused of plagiarism. While Eliot’s plagiarism would be discovered posthumously, both Biden and Ambrose would live to regret their lapses in judgment. The consequences of … 

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