Picture it. You are all alone in your bedroom at 11:47 p.m. on a Tuesday night. By day you are an overloaded high school senior year who feels dominated by IB or AP course assignments, juggling the responsibilities that come … [Read More...]
UMass changes EA decision options
University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced a significant change in what types of responses applicants could receive when applying Early Action (EA). Previously, UMass EA applicants were either admitted, denied, or given the option of being … [Read More...]
ACT to allow section-specific retesting starting in 2020
ACT, Inc. is dramatically reforming and enhancing the ACT® test with options that keep students’ interests in mind. Beginning with the September 2020 national ACT test date, ACT test takers will have more options when taking the ACT: ACT Section … [Read More...]
Yale Young Global Scholars app now open for Summer 2020
The Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) application is now open, and YYGS is now actively recruiting interested students in grades ten and eleven (or the international equivalent) from all around the world. Scholars taking part in YYGS experience … [Read More...]
Rolling Admission vs. Regular Decision
When deciding how to apply to a particular college, many students look for that college's final application deadline, and then, working backwards in their minds, such students decide that they simply need to get all of their application materials … [Read More...]
Tufts now offers international gap-years and semesters to high school applicants
While Tufts University in Massachusetts is best known as a very selective research university that offers a diversity of strong undergraduate degree programs, it also offers two First-Year Global Programs that could be great experiences for students … [Read More...]
You CAN apply Restrictive Early Action and Early Action under the right conditions
Restrictive Early Action and Single-Choice Early Action policies used by hyper-selective colleges such as Stanford, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton aren't as restrictive as you may think. These colleges still allow you to apply to two classes of … [Read More...]
Dickinson College updates value of scholarships and more
Dickinson College's merit scholarships are designed to recognize exemplary academic performance without regard to financial need, and the Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based college recently restructured the amount each scholarship is worth. Prospective … [Read More...]
Bryn Mawr announces new fly-in program
Bryn Mawr College's admissions team members know that visiting campus is a huge benefit for students navigating the college search process. Yet, they also recognize that the cost of visiting campus can be a barrier to many students. As a result, Bryn … [Read More...]
September 2019 Updates from the University of Arizona
University of Arizona's admissions team has sent a September update to college counselors that is chock-full of news from the Tucson-based public university. In terms of "need to know" information," Arizona is sharing news that its "admission … [Read More...]
Never Say This During an Ivy League Admissions Interview
If you have the opportunity to interview with a representative of an Ivy League school make sure you steer clear of saying... … [Read More...]
Case Western Still Accepting Apps for its Diversity Overnight
Case Western Reserve University is still accepting student applications for its Diversity Overnight program, which lasts from November 10-11, 2019. Applications for November's immersive visit dates are due by October 1, 2019. According to Robert … [Read More...]
When an Ivy is a Target
An Ivy League college is pretty much always going to be a reach on a student's college list. Yet, there is one scenario when an Ivy League college can actually be considered a target (somewhere between a reach and a safety). Click here to … [Read More...]
An Ivy as a Safety?
It is exceedingly rare for an Ivy League college or university to be considered a safety on a student's college list, but it does happen on rare occasions. Don't hold your breath that you'll find yourself in one of these two scenarios, but if you do, … [Read More...]
When to Start Working with Your College Counselor
Many high schools don't provide proactive college counseling to students until the end of eleventh grade. Don't wait until your school gets around to it. Find out when to assertively approach your counselor. … [Read More...]
What GPA Should I Report on the Common Application?
Find out if you should self-report your weighted or unweighted GPA on your college application, including the Common Application. The importance of the answer may surprise you. … [Read More...]
The Two Most Important Parts of a College Admissions Interview
There are so many ways to ace a college admissions interview; however, two parts of the interview are most crucial: the beginning and the end. … [Read More...]
Your College Application Must Demonstrate Addiction
The most successful college applicants (the ones who get into America's top colleges) demonstrate interest AND demonstrate addictions. Yes, you read that right. Watch the video to learn more. … [Read More...]
Harness your College Counselor’s Expertise & Connections
Students would be wise to develop a relationship with their high school college counselor, who may have valuable expertise and important connections. … [Read More...]
When to Demonstrate Interest to Colleges and Universities
To get into America's top colleges, you need to demonstrate interest, which is a fancy way of saying, you need to flirt with colleges. Yet, when is just as important as how. … [Read More...]
What’s a CEEB High School Code and Why is it Important?
When registering for standardized tests and filling out college and university applications be ready to provide your high school's CEEB code, which helps your counselor and admissions officers. … [Read More...]
The new Common Application is here. Are you ready to complete it?
Hey Class of 2020! In a scene from Steve Martin’s 1979 movie, The Jerk, his nebbish-y character Navin R. Johnson runs pell mell down the street upon seeing his name in print for the first time (in the phonebook), declaring to anyone within … [Read More...]
“If things are broken at elite universities, things are broken, period.”
If you can read only one thing this year that encapsulates the current state of life at far too many American colleges and universities, and thus, life in America, read this intense and amazing essay by writer and Yale graduate Natalia Dashan. This … [Read More...]
Boston University to meet 100% of student need
Boston University's Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions, Kelly A. Walter, has announced that BU has a new, expanded financial assistance program, affordableBU, that will meet 100% demonstrated need of any admitted … [Read More...]
Penn reveals new supplemental essay questions, other admissions changes
University of Pennsylvania announced today that its supplemental essay question in search of a 650-word response by applicants is no more. Students applying during the 2019-2020 admissions cycle for Fall 2020 admission will be asked two new questions … [Read More...]
For the love of all that is holy, please make it stop with just a new logo
The Common App is at it again! Today it released its "new visual identity" in the run up to its full application relaunch on August 1, 2019. It was August 1, 2013 that Common App released its last "new and improved" version, which was riddled with … [Read More...]
The Perfect Gifts to Celebrate Getting Into College
Now that you've gotten into college (or uni, as our European students like to say), it's time to celebrate! Welcome to the 2019 College Acceptance Gift Collection presented by Admissions.Blog. These gifts run the gamut from college sports apparel to dorm safety products. No matter your budget or needs, we've got the perfect college-themed gifts that are fun and practical. So, what are you waiting for? Start … [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...]
National School Counseling Week & Thoughts on College Counselor Caseloads
2018 National School Counseling WeekTM, "School Counselors: Helping Students Reach for the Stars," which is sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, will be celebrated February 5 through 9, 2018, to focus public attention on the unique … [Read More...]
Duke Early Decision Acceptance Rate Drops to 20 Percent
Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Duke University has informed counselors that Duke Early Decision notification will take place at 7:00 p.m. EST on December 14, 2017. In addition, he provides the first details contextualizing … [Read More...]
Yale goes full PC: Freshmen are now ‘First-Year’ students
In a sign of Yale's total descent into pointless politically correct virtue-signaling, the formerly revered institution of higher learning has announced that in 2018 and moving forward it will only use gender-neural terms to describe completely … [Read More...]
Freshman Year for Free
For the first time ever, any student anywhere can take top-quality courses online in every major freshman college subject, taught by professors from the most prestigious universities, that lead to full academic credit at 2,900 traditional colleges, … [Read More...]
Vocational education rebranded as career and technical education in effort to spur economic revival
"West Virginia’s heavy push on vocational education comes as leaders of both parties have talked about making it a priority, a shift from the No Child Left Behind era of education reform, in which college for everyone was often the goal. In 2015, … [Read More...]
Richard Dawkins Speaks on his De-Platforming, Campus Culture, Science
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, ethologist, and popular-science writer who emphasized the gene as the driving force of evolution and generated significant controversy with his enthusiastic advocacy of atheism. He recently spoke … [Read More...]
One way to say ‘thank you’: Veteran-friendly colleges and universities
One of the ways in which a grateful country says “thank you” to those who have served is by continuing to invest in educational benefits targeted to veterans and their families. And with support from the U.S. Department of Education and the … [Read More...]
Berkeley roundly rebuked while getting away with suspension of First Amendment
Conservative author Ann Coulter and UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich both disagree with UC Berkeley's decision to prohibit Ann Coulter from speaking on the flagship campus of the UC system. But, has the university paid a price? … [Read More...]
Claremont McKenna Rights a Wrong
Claremont McKenna College is as a serious academic institution committed to exploration, discussion, debate, and the pursuit of knowledge. In April 2017, the Claremont McKenna College administration temporarily allowed the suppression of the free … [Read More...]
Satire Alert: It’s that time of year to remember colleges are businesses
Here's a wonderful satire rejection letter written by Mimi Evans in 2015 that rather sardonically explains to a college applicant why it's not going to happen: Dear Applicant, The Admissions Committee has carefully considered your application … [Read More...]
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