Colleges Love To Be Loved

America’s elite colleges love to be loved. Heck, who doesn’t love to be loved? But our nation’s most prestigious schools even have a name for it: it’s called Demonstrated Interest. You see, these schools seek to admit students who they believe will actually choose to matriculate. So, yes, mindful of … 

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Top Colleges Want Students Who Love Them

Penn asks the question. So does Cornell. Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Yale do, too. The list of highly selective colleges that asks the question goes on and on. So what question is it, you ask? The verbiage may be different depending on the school but the question is the same: … 

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University Recruitment

It’s that time of year when colleges and universities are attempting to sway admitted students to attend their schools. In no uncertain terms, the tables have turned. According to an “LA Times” article published today, “As students applied and were admitted to more schools, the yield — the percentage of … 

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College Admissions Process

Summer melt is a term in the college admissions process when students who commit to attending a university change their mind.

Yale Recruitment

Now that admissions decisions have been sent out by admissions offices, the tables have turned. It’s now time for the admissions office to recruit its admitted applicants so that they will choose to attend their university. At Yale, according to “The Yale Daily News,” “The admssions office will use phone … 

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