College Admissions Glitch

The University of Delaware made a major error this past Friday when the admissions office accidentally sent out acceptance decisions to 61 applicants. It was not Delaware’s intention to admit these applicants and, after the weekend, they were informed of their true admissions decision. Writes Ellen Tumposky in an ABC … 

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SAT Essay Question

Frustrated by the SAT essay question this past weekend? On the most recent SAT exam, there was an essay prompt that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. The SAT essay question related to reality television: “These shows depict ordinary people competing in everything from singing and dancing to … 

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2011 US News Law Schools Ranking

US News & World Report has released its list of top law schools for 2011. The top four slots remained exactly the same as in 2010 with Yale Law School taking top billing followed by Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and Columbia Law School. The University of Chicago Law … 

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Business School Rankings

US News & World Report has come out with its annual rankings of graduate business schools. This year’s ranking is a bit different from last year’s with Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Harvard University’s Harvard Business School flipping slots. This year, Stanford GSB took home the top prize. … 

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College Athletics

Does March Madness have an impact on college admissions statistics? Tomorrow, the NCAA Tournament begins and so we thought it would be nice to share with you a story about how one team’s Cinderella run in the NCAA Tournament impacted the university. While this particular school is not a highly … 

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Preschool to the Ivy League

There is an article in today’s suing the preschool her daughter attended, the ultimate source of information that is neither interesting nor noteworthy, that focuses on a Manhattan mom who is suing the preschool her daughter attended for hurting her 4 year-old’s chances of admission to an Ivy League school … 

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Penn Admissions

Did you recently receive a cryptic but super exciting video from the University of Pennsylvania? On March 4th, students who applied to the University of Pennsylvania and stood out as especially exceptional in the pack of applicants received an email communication from none other than the University of Pennsylvania’s Dean … 

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College Interviews

The college interview is an opportunity for the university to which you are applying to get to know you. Regularly on the pages of our college admissions blog, we discuss the questions that are typically posed, what would be considered positive and negative responses, and how you can maximize your … 

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Harvard Admissions

There is an editorial in today’s edition of The Boston Globe in which the writer argues that the return of Early Action to Harvard makes the admissions process more equitable for all: “The admissions advantage for athletes has been a source of contention at Harvard for decades. A situation in … 

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Applicants to Princeton

A basketball game that took place today at Yale between the Harvard Crimson and the Princeton Tigers may have an impact on next year’s admissions process. Harvard and Princeton had already earned a share of the Ivy League title this season after both posted identical 12-2 records in the conference. … 

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