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...]
University of Maryland joins Common App for 2020-2021 admissions cycle
Better late than never. University of Maryland College Park announced today that it was joining the Common Application for the in-progress 2020-2021 admissions cycle, even though the Common App itself went live on August 1. “We remain committed to … [Read More...]
“Your anguish is justified.” The ACT apology for canceling your registration.
Many colleges have gone test-optional for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle, and so far, ACT, Inc., the publisher of the ACT, has done all it can make colleges appear prescient by doing so. When you can make the individuals running Mizzou (went test … [Read More...]
Common App Goes Live, Adds Clemson, Auburn, and 40 Others
The Common Application, colloquially referred to as the Common App, goes live for the 2020-2021 application cycle on August 1, 2020, and in the process is adding forty-two new members, including big name southern public universities such as Clemson, … [Read More...]
Avoid Tuition Anxiety: Put Strong Merit Aid Colleges on Your List
Already mostly unaffordable for middle-class families, college costs have gone up by about twenty-five percent in just the last ten years. For the past two decades, sticker prices for public and private colleges have increased more than the rate of … [Read More...]
The Ultimate Virtual College Admissions Library – 2020 Edition
The world of college admissions is constantly changing; therefore, it's important to keep the best college admissions recourses close at hand if you are to navigate the admissions process with aplomb. Luckily, we've done the heavy lifting for you. … [Read More...]
How to Get Accepted to Your Dream College of Choice
Applying to your top-choice dream college can be an experience rich with both excitement and anxiety. For competitive colleges and universities, particularly Ivy League schools, students are faced with rigid academic standards and fierce competition … [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...]
Our Next Quarantine Lesson: We’re Blowing it for This Fall
It isn’t just the seniors who missed this year’s scholastic rites of passage. Students may be the stars of this show, but there’s something about weak lemonade, folding chairs, and speeches about pursuing your passion faculty and administrators find … [Read More...]
The Obscene Quest for Meaningless Status
As students - and parents - obsess about their college lists each summer, it's extremely important to put things in proper perspective. In his 1938 Defense of Freedom and Peace speech, Winston Churchill stated, "I avail myself with relief of the … [Read More...]
How to Finish a College-Specific Application Essay
Far too many students don't have anything worthwhile to say in their conclusions to application essays about why they want to attend a particular college or university. If you are completely out of ideas, it's always a good idea to express … [Read More...]
Don’t start college in 2020
Colleges will try their best to get first-year students enrolled for Fall 2020, but really there are few compelling reasons to start college in 2020. Save yourself the time, money, and aggravation and take (at least) the 2020-2021 school year off … [Read More...]
Accepted to a top college but short on money? What now?
The average annual tuition at America's most selective colleges and universities is over $50,000, and some schools cost $75,000/year or higher when you’ve factored in the cost of living. While attending a top college can open doors, introduce you to … [Read More...]
Pandemic Response Puts Many Colleges in Peril
The Coronavirus Pandemic has dramatically reshaped the college admissions landscape in just a matter of weeks. While many colleges are attempting to present a united front of care and concern for future applicants by going SAT- and ACT-optional for … [Read More...]
Making a Calm College Decision
This is typically the week many high school seniors are a little tense about their college plans. The last few colleges are sending out decisions this week, and they tend to be the colleges where the admit rates are a little less than getting struck … [Read More...]
Georgetown’s 2020 School-Specific Acceptance Rates
Georgetown University has released its school-by-school acceptance rates for students applying during the 2019-2020 admissions cycle for the D.C. university's Class of 2024. Georgetown continues to be one of the most proactively transparent … [Read More...]
MIT to no longer consider SAT Subject Test scores
MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests as part of the admissions process. You can find MIT's full revised testing requirements here. MIT states: "...in fairness to all applicants, we won’t consider them (Subject … [Read More...]
Case Western Goes Test Optional in Response to COVID-19
Never let a crisis go to waste is a maxim someone at Case Western University must deeply believe in, as the university's admissions office announced today that it is now test-optional for students entering in the fall of 2021. Case Western framed … [Read More...]
Boston College Regular Decision Acceptance Rate Now 22%
Boston College will notify Regular Decision applicants of their admissions decisions via email on Thursday evening, March 19, 2020. Admitted students in the United States will be mailed acceptance packets in the days that follow. Admitted students … [Read More...]
How to Approach 2020-2021 Common App Essay Prompts
How do you tackle the main essay on the Common Application to give yourself the best shot of writing an essay that is acceptance worthy at even the most selective colleges and universities? While your essay should be unique, your approach to … [Read More...]
Are college campuses prepared for COVID-19?
With each passing day more cases of COVID-19 are reported around the world. Meanwhile, every year college dorms across the United States become breeding grounds for viral and bacterial illnesses. Therefore, it would make sense for colleges from coast … [Read More...]
Caltech cuts SAT Subject Test, alters official ACT/SAT submission requirements
Caltech's Undergraduate Admissions office, with the support of the Faculty Committee on Freshman Admissions, has revealed that it's eliminating the university's long-standing requirement for submission of SAT Subject Test scores as part of the … [Read More...]
Tulane Shares Class of 2024 Early Decision and Early Action Stats
Tulane University has shared news about its Class of 2024 applicants who applied Early Decision and Early Action. Tulane received 27% more Early Decision applicants this cycle compared to last cycle, according to Jeff Schiffman, Tulane's Director … [Read More...]
Villanova Releases Early Action Stats for Class of 2024
Villanova University's Michael M. Gaynor, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission, has shared news this morning as the university releases its Early Action decisions later today. According to Gaynor, Villanova received 13,353 Early Action … [Read More...]
College Counseling: The Year in Review
There are many years in the college counseling world that come and go without a lot of fanfare, but this certainly wasn’t one of them. Thanks to America’s ever-growing fascination with the college application process, counseling received more than … [Read More...]
Will Ivy League admissions deans blame the Russians next?
With Ivy League early decision and early action statistics for Fall 2019 slowly but surely coming into focus, a trend is becoming clear: overall demand for venerable "elite" colleges and universities is on the wane, and in the process, "elite" … [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 2020 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...]
The Importance of The List
Today, former CollegeMeister client, Cole, University of Michigan Class of 2014, sits down with us to share how he benefited from CollegeMeister services - The List in particular, what he learned from his college experience, and where he's headed … [Read More...]
Expert Essay & Résumé Editing
Nothing ruins a university application quicker than submitting a less-than-perfect personal statement or essay. Take your personal statements and essays to the next level as soon as essay prompts are released this summer. Then, get help with … [Read More...]
Professional & Personalized Interview Prep
Admissions interviews need not be intimidating. Many universities offer applicants the opportunity to interview as part of the admissions process. Sometimes these interviews are informational (an informal exchange of ideas and information). Other times these interviews are evaluative … [Read More...]
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