How Do I Love Thee? Demonstrated Interest and How Colleges Count the Ways
May 14th, 2015Showing interest in the college of your choice may be more important than you think. In fact it may be a way to set yourself apart from other applicants. In this article author Lisa Rubin-Johnson discusses the advantages of showing a “demonstrated interest” and outlines appropriate ways to do so.
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‘It Doesn’t Matter Where You Go to College’: Inspirational, but Wrong
April 29th, 2015April 2, 2015
By: Derek Thompson
Here’s an uplifting college meme that’s right: The person you’ve become by the time you’re 18 matters more than any decision by an admissions board you’ll never meet.
This is an advice column about getting into an elite college. And, like every column about the anxiety of getting into an elite college, it must begin with a massive caveat: If you and your parents are worried about getting into an elite school, odds are that you are already elite.
Read more at The Atlantic >>Tagged: Admission decision, Applications, College
Is College Really Harder to Get Into Than It Used To Be?
April 23rd, 2015Although written and published last year, this article still hits the nail on the head in 2015. Yes, many colleges have become far more competitive in admission yet many more excellent schools remain within reach. Let’s keep our focus on identifying best matches for individual students, rather than succumbing to media and peer pressure focusing on a tiny percentage of colleges.
April 4, 2014
By: Jacoba Urist
At a recent alumni dinner for my alma mater in Manhattan, a representative of the school welcomed us with these uncomfortable words: “Chances are most of us here would not even be admitted to this college today.” But this isn’t new: I’ve heard that refrain at several alumni events now, and it’s always intended, unequivocally, as institutional pride. The message: Our school is so competitive and selective now that if you applied today with the same SAT’s and grade point average you had a decade or two ago, you probably wouldn’t get in.
Tagged: Admission decision, Applications, College
How to Survive the College Admissions Madness
April 15th, 2015Frank Bruni is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. This essay is adapted from his new book, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania.”
MARCH 13, 2015
Here we go again. At Harvard, Emory, Bucknell and other schools around the country, there have been record numbers of applicants yearning for an elite degree. They’ll get word in the next few weeks. Most will be turned down.
Tagged: Admission decision, Applications, College
