The move to social distance and work from home due the pandemic challenges students to re-think extracurricular activities. While the possibility of returning to in-person interaction seems more likely now, students should not wait for the transition to be complete and miss out on time to build their candidacy. Your
In 2021, college waitlists were longer than ever. And since many accepted students deferred admission due to COVID-19 and virtual learning, many colleges experienced a significant drop in their yield rates. The yield rate is the percent of accepted students who choose to enroll at a particular institution, and admissions
The myth that colleges want well-rounded students has been upheld by many popular sources such as television sitcoms over several decades. The truth is that “a jack of all trades, and a master of none” is not what admissions officers look for as they seek top candidates. They seek students
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended normal practices for colleges and universities around the world, and the admissions process is no exception, adding another layer of stress and uncertainty to an already daunting process. Recently, 70% of schools in the U.S. have become test optional, which means other factors are becoming
Once you’ve turned in your college applications, you might get an email asking you to schedule an interview with an alum of the school. These are often graduates who have joined your local alumni association and are willing to dedicate their free time to speak with potential students. While it
In the 2020-2021 admissions cycle, Harvard College received more than 57,000 applications: a record high and a 42 percent surge in applications compared to last year. With three essays included on the application, not including the optional open-ended essay, that means that admissions officers read at least 170,000 responses to
Nowadays, getting into a top-rated university is no easy feat. Applicants are expected to have a near-perfect academic record, stellar test scores, an impressive extracurricular profile, and compelling essays. In extremely competitive college applicant pools, every detail about an applicant’s experiences could make or break them. And in recent years,
Article originally published on Forbes.com College application deadlines are just around the corner. At this point, high school seniors have already done just about all of the heavy lifting: they’ve worked for the past three and half years to build strong academic transcripts and impressive lists of extracurricular activities, and
How do you make an admissions officer believe you? This, in my opinion, is the central challenge of college applications. You probably believe you’re smart enough, hard-working enough, and talented enough to get into the schools you’re applying to, and your job is to convince the application reader that you
On June 12th, Yale announced a test-optional policy for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle. This comes following the CollegeBoard’s announcement on June 2nd that they would not be offering the SAT online for the foreseeable future “because taking it would require three hours of uninterrupted, video-quality internet for each student, which
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