Write your best Common App Essay: 2023-2024 Edition Here is a dirty little secret: some of the 2023-2024 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you … [Read More...]
How to get into the Ivy League – Ethically
So much of what you read, watch, or hear in the media is there to make you feel like it's impossible to get into Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale without cheating your way in or using some … [Read More...]
Boston University’s Overall Acceptance Rate Drops to 10.7%
Boston University (BU) will be notifying Regular Decisions applicants tomorrow, Saturday, March 25, 2023. According to Kelly A. Walter, BU's Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions, "It has been the single most challenging … [Read More...]
Northwestern Releases Regular Decisions, Class of 2027 Statistics
Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois, finalized is Regular Decision selection process and notified applicants of their decisions today, Friday, March 24. Overall, Northwestern reviewed over 52,000 first-year applications from … [Read More...]
USC First-Year Applications Up 17%
University of Southern California received nearly 81,000 applications for first-year admission during the 2022-2023 admissions cycle, which is a 17% increase over last year. This comes after USC introduced Early Action as an application plan last … [Read More...]
Rice admissions decisions released March 27
The wait is almost over for high school seniors who applied Regular Decision to Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice will release admission, scholarship, and financial aid decisions for each Regular Decision applicant in his or her Rice … [Read More...]
WashU Receives Fewer Applications, Releases Regular Decisions March 23
Washington University in St. Louis will release admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants in the late afternoon on March 23, 2023. The university will notify students via email on March 23 when decisions have been posted to the WashU … [Read More...]
Amherst College Accepts 9% of Applicants to Class of 2027
Amherst College will release its Regular Decision admissions notifications to applicants on Friday, March 17, at 6:21 p.m. US Eastern Time (corresponding to 18:21 on the twenty-four-hour clock in order to pay homage to 1821, the year of Amherst's … [Read More...]
Tulane’s acceptance rate is 13%. Only 34% are male.
Tulane University has offered admission to roughly 4,000 students for its Class of 2027. The New Orleans-based university expects roughly 1,850 students to begin as freshmen in August. All decisions have now been released. Among applications … [Read More...]
University of Washington Releases Admissions Decisions
The admissions team at University of Washington has finished reviewing this year’s over 62,000 freshman applications, which represents another record breaking year, and it looks forward to sending most admissions decisions between March 9 and March … [Read More...]
UC Davis Releases Class of 2027 Admissions Decisions
This Friday afternoon, UC Davis will share via email admission notices with high school seniors who applied to UC Davis for Fall 2023. Students can also check their status in MyAdmissions, the university's secure admission portal. UC Davis … [Read More...]
Common App Essay: Size Does Matter
Every year students ask me the same question: "How long should my Common Application essay be?" I am never shy about providing them with the response that best summarizes how they need to approach both the Common Application essay and the … [Read More...]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Releases Admissions Decisions
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is projected to enroll slightly above its enrollment target of 8,000 first-year students for the fall 2023 semester. According to Andy Borst, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at University of Illinois … [Read More...]
Common Application Essay Prompts for 2023-2024 Confirmed
Amid growing chatter about the ease with which students can paint an entirely inaccurate picture of their critical thinking and persuasive writing skills by using AI-powered applications like ChatGPT, the Common App (known formally as The Common … [Read More...]
2023-2024 Common App essay prompts: the best and worst
Write your best Common App Essay: 2023-2024 Edition Here is a dirty little secret: some of the 2023-2024 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you need to show and tell … [Read More...]
Pros and Cons of Brigham Young University
Today's reader question comes from Suzie in Topeka, Kansas: Question: Brigham Young University seems great for me based on what I've read on its website. But a lot of my friends and even my high school counselor have urged me to not to consider it … [Read More...]
Boston University shares some 2022-2023 admissions statistics
Boston University admissions officers are just about as busy this year as they were last year after receiving 80,484 applications during the 2022-2023 admissions cycle. During the 2021-2022 admissions cycle BU received a record-breaking 80,797 … [Read More...]
What Can I Do with an Exercise Science Degree?
Health and fitness are broad fields encompassing a variety of roles, jobs, and specialties. As an exercise science major, you build a vast but flexible foundation that can be tailored to suit secondary interests. This major provides a solid … [Read More...]
The 10 Best Colleges in Texas – Ranked
Today's reader question comes from Braxton in Horry County, North Carolina: Question: I've noticed that many of the country's top ranked colleges are in the northeast or on the west coast. Does Texas have any good colleges, and if so, what would … [Read More...]
Colorado State vs. CU Boulder: Digging Into What Sets Them Apart
Colorado State University (Colorado State or simply CSU) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) are two the major universities in Colorado that get interest from students and parents the world over when it comes time to research colleges. … [Read More...]
AP vs. IBDP. Which is best for you?
Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme are both challenging and rigorous options that high school students can choose to take to demonstrate their commitment to academic excellence and in order to … [Read More...]
Comparing Arizona State University and University of Arizona
Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Arizona (UA) are both well-respected public universities located in the southwestern United States. Yet, there are several key differences between the two institutions that prospective … [Read More...]
The Perfect Gifts to Celebrate Getting Into College
Now that you've gotten into college, it's time to celebrate! Welcome to the Class of 2021 College Acceptance Gift Collection presented by admissions.blog. These gifts run the gamut from college apparel to dorm safety products. No matter your budget or needs, we've got the perfect college-themed gifts that are a fun or practical way of celebrating getting into college. So, what are you waiting for? Start Shopping … [Read More...]