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August 10, 2022

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Tips for Answering the Harvard Supplemental Essay Prompts [2022 – 2023]

Harvard 2022 2023

It comes as no surprise that Harvard consistently ranks among the top universities in the world. Its highly regarded reputation and academic chops attract the best and brightest. The alluring Harvard brand coupled with its extraordinary education cannot be ignored.  It is important to keep in mind throughout the application process that your focus should… 

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Article by Marie Todd / College Admissions / 2023 college applications, Harvard

December 29, 2021

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Ivies: Number of Early-Admission Applications Near Historic High

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A number of the most selective colleges in the US are reporting near-record numbers of students applying for early admission, the Wall Street Journal recently stated.  Applications for both binding early-decision, and the more flexible early-action option increased last year at elite schools including Harvard University and Brown University. Many schools have canceled their testing… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard, Ivy League, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Yale

December 28, 2021

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No Standardized Test Requirement at Harvard through 2026

No Standard Test Harvard 2021 1

Students will be able to apply to Harvard University without taking the SAT or ACT for at least the next four years, according to a report from the PBS NewsHour. Harvard announced last year that standardized tests would be optional for a year due to the lack of available or accessible testing sites during the… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / ACT, Harvard, SAT

April 18, 2021

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Ivy League Colleges Accept Record Low Number of Students

Ivy League Record Low

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a surge of college applications this year, which led to record low acceptance rates at many colleges, including the majority of Ivy League schools.  The eight Ivy League schools, as well as some other highly selective schools, sent out acceptance notifications a… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Columbia University, Dartmouth College, diversity, Harvard, Ivy League, nyu, Yale

July 14, 2020

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Harvard & Princeton Reveal Plans to Open Campuses This Fall

Harvard and Princeton Reveal Plans to Open Campuses in the Fall

Some students will return to campus at Harvard and Princeton for the fall semester, according to the CNN website. Here is Harvard’s plan: Forty percent of undergrads will return for the fall semester. This includes all first-year students as well as those who need to be on campus “to progress academically.” All classes will be… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Harvard, Princeton

March 22, 2020

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U.S. News Announces 2021 Ranking of Best MBA Programs

US News Announces 2021 Ranking of Best MBA Programs

The U.S. News 2023 ranking is now live! Click here to check it out >> U.S. News just released its 2021 ranking of full-time and part-time MBA programs. The rankings are based on expert opinions about the quality of each program and statistical indicators that calculate the quality of a program’s faculty, research, and students…. 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Emory Goizueta, Harvard, Indiana Kelley, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UT McCombs, Wharton, Yale SOM

September 26, 2019

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Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools: Booth Tops the List

Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools

Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, ESADE, Forbes, Harvard, IESE, IMD, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Oxford Said, Stanford GSB, Wharton

September 3, 2019

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A Harvard PhD Student and Admissions Consultant Shares Her Story [Episode 328]

Podcast interview with Rachel Slutsky

Interview with Rachel Slutsky, Accepted admissions consultant [Show summary] Want to know what makes for stupendous statements of purpose or impressive MBA essays? Our guest, and recent addition to Accepted’s team of consultants, is an expert at both. But, for some of you her main claim to fame may be her status as a Harvard… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, Grad Financial Aid, Harvard, military applicants, PhD, podcast

July 3, 2019

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Fully-Funded PhD Program at Harvard University: How I Got In

Fully Funded PhD Program at Harvard University

Harvard is one of those places that people often talk about with admiration but rarely as an aspiration. “Could I ever get into Harvard?” is usually a question asked with a great deal of doubt and trepidation. However, thousands have graduated from Harvard over its lengthy and illustrious history, and those people are real people…. 

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Article by Rachel Slutsky / Grad School Admissions / grad application essays, Grad Financial Aid, Harvard, PhD

April 23, 2018

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Harvard Accepts Fewest Applicants of All Ivies

Harvard accepts fewest applicants of all Ivies

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Harvard University admitted just 4.6% of its applicants – 1,962 students for the entering class of fall 2018. This is down from 5.2% of applicants last year. Ivy League applicants were recently notified about their admission status. Seven of the eight schools making up the Ivy League… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, Rankings, University of Pennsylvania, Yale

December 30, 2017

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Ivy Leagues Release Early-Acceptance Rates

Ivy League Early Acceptance Rates

Many students who applied for early decision/action to Ivy League schools can stop checking their mail for their acceptance letters. Nearly every Ivy League university has reported the number of applicants who were accepted early this year, according to a Business Insider article. Harvard had the lowest acceptance rate, with just 14.5% of applicants receiving… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Ivy League, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Yale

November 12, 2016

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HBX CORe: Teaching the Language of Business [Episode 175]

IV with Patrick Mullane

At the AIGAC conference in June, I spoke to a couple of people on the HBS admissions staff and asked them how applicants with less than stellar records can show they are “new and improved” – focused, mature, and ready for business school. They responded that while HBX CORe doesn’t guarantee admission, completing it with… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Harvard, Harvard Business School, podcast

October 30, 2014

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New LinkedIn University Rankings

Exciting news! LinkedIn just launched new rankings that connect prospective students to universities based on career outcomes. Here’s how they did it (in their words) using software developers as an example: 1. First, we identified the top companies where software developers are choosing to work. 2. Next, we found people on LinkedIn who work as software developers and… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Columbia University, Harvard, nyu, Princeton, Rankings, Yale

January 15, 2014

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Which Schools are Good for PE/VC and VC-Backed Entrepreneurship

Andy White

Admit it: You love the ring of ‘venture capital’ and ‘private equity.’ Enter Pitchbook, the ultimate resource for those looking for a future in PE/VC (and those looking for VCs to fund their futures). Listen to the full recording of our conversation with Andy White, Senior Research Associate for Pitchbook for some great stats, info,… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, entrepreneurship, finance, Harvard, Northwestern Kellogg, podcast, Stanford GSB, Wharton

November 7, 2013

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Which Universities Contribute the Most to VC-Backed Entrepreneurship?

Top Universities

PitchBook did a study that ranks universities around the world based on the number of graduates who have founded U.S. companies with VC-funding from 2010 to 2013. The idea is that a school’s ranking success shouldn’t just reflect its scores or its sports teams, but that it should reflect how actively the schools are producing… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / entrepreneurship, Harvard, Rankings, Stanford, UC Berkeley

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