Tips For Answering The Harvard Supplemental Essay Prompts
More than 37,307 students applied to Harvard College. Of those, 2,081 received offers of admission to join the class of 2019.…
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Will Your Graduate Education Pay? [Episode 195]
Saving money on your student loans, ranking grad programs based on salary-to-debt ratios, plus life as a Columbia Business School…
Encore: Different Dimensions of Diversity [Episode 221]
Tune in for an encore of one of our most popular 2017 podcast episodes, where Linda Abraham addresses one of…
Tips for Answering the Harvard 2016-17 Supplemental Essay Prompts
It will come as no surprise that Harvard consistently ranks among the top universities in the world. Its highly regarded…
U.S. News & World Report Announces 2018 Best College Rankings
U.S. News’ methodology focuses on academic excellence. The rankings emphasize student outcomes, such as graduation and freshman retention rates, which…
Tips for Answering the University of Pennsylvania 2016-17 Supplemental Essay Prompts
The University of Pennsylvania, or Penn, was established in 1790 and is one of the oldest universities in America. This…
Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities: Freshman Year
This post is the first in our series Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities, a 4-part…
Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities: Sophomore Year
In this second post of our series Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities, a four part…
Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities: Junior Year
This post is the third in our series Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities, a 4-part series…
Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities: Senior Year
This is the final post in our series Getting Ready to Apply to Top Tier Colleges and Universities, a 4-part…
Tips for Answering Brown University Supplemental Essay Prompts
This post about the Brown supplement to the Common Application is the first in a series of posts written to help…
Tips For Answering Brown University Supplemental Essay Prompts
This post about the Brown supplement to the Common Application is part of the series of posts written to help you…
Tips for Answering the Brown University 2016-17 Supplemental Essay Prompts
Along with the basic Common Application essay, the Ivy League schools require supplemental essay responses. These additional essays help these…
Welcome to the Team, J. Scott Brownlee!
We’re excited to welcome Scott Brownlee to our staff. Scott is an admissions expert with two master’s degrees himself, a…
Standing Out By Showing You Have a Unique Perspective [Fitting in & Standing Out]
The application process is a tricky balancing act: You want to show your target schools that you’re a perfect match,…
Your Goals [Fitting In & Standing Out]
The application process is a tricky balancing act: You want to show your target schools that you’re a perfect match,…
College Early Admissions: The Early Bird….
For those college seniors who decided to apply under one of the early admission plans for the fall semester of…
What to do About a Low GPA, an Encore [Episode 201]
Many of you are planning ahead for your first application this summer and fall. Others are concerned that you may…
The School’s Culture & Mission [Fitting In & Standing Out]
The application process is a tricky balancing act: You want to show your target schools that you’re a perfect match,…