Getting deferred might be the best thing that ever happened to you? It’s not a line you’ll read on the pages of this college admissions blog. Sure, go to a psychodynamic therapist and he or she just might have you convinced that getting deferred or even denied is, in the …
In spite of headlines in some of our nation’s most esteemed publications that college applications are down this fall, our loyal readers know that applications to our nation’s elite universities skyrocketed this fall. After all, there are only about 25 or so elite universities out of the 900+ universities across …
As our nation’s most highly selective colleges release their Early Decision / Early Action admissions decisions, there will be some happy high school seniors as well as some dejected ones. For the happy high school seniors who applied to a school with a binding Early Decision program like Columbia, Dartmouth, …
For students who were deferred at their Early Decision or Early Action school, doing nothing is not the answer. It’s a lesson in highly selective college admissions and it’s a lesson in life. Doing nothing if deferred via Early admission will usually get you nowhere. What you should do is …
