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How To Write The NYU Supplemental Essay (2019-2020)

Welcome to the New York University supplemental essay prompt for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. We would like to know more about your interest in NYU. What motivated you to apply to NYU? Why have you applied or expressed interest in a particular campus, school,

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How To Write The Tufts University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Tufts University supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. (You can refer to the Tufts University website if you want to see how exactly they’re presenting their essay prompts for this year.) Think outside the box as you answer the

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How To Write The Emory University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

  Welcome to the Emory University supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. In addition to your Personal Statement, please answer two (2) of the prompts below. Choose one prompt from the “Reflections” category and one prompt from the “Tell us about you”

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Business Programs for Undergraduates

Everybody knows about business schools—that is, graduate programs that offer a degree called an MBA, or Master’s of Business Administration. But students can of course study business as undergraduates as well. Top undergraduate business programs boast exceedingly high rates of employment for their graduates, who also enjoy big starting salaries.

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College Consultants Should Do More than Condemn William “Rick” Singer

Last month, William “Rick” Singer, who orchestrated a massive college admissions scam, pleaded guilty to money laundering, racketeering, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Major news sources continue to publish updates on the story. We keep hearing about how parents are pleading to charges, about deleted social media accounts, and,

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How to Choose a College for Next Fall

So, you’ve received some acceptance letters. Congratulations! Enrollment deadlines are fast approaching. You’ve spent the past three and a half months waiting to hear from the schools you applied to, and now they’re anxiously waiting to hear from you. (Take a minute to enjoy thinking about how the tables have

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In Response to the Recent College Admissions Scandal

  Yesterday afternoon, when Pierre, Marc-André and I received an announcement to the Yale community about “a criminal investigation involving an admissions scheme,” we’d already seen the headlines. William “Rick” Singer, founder of The Edge College & Career Network, repeatedly accepted giant sums of money (which he laundered through a

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Test-Optional Colleges: What’s The Catch?

Article originally publish on the Noodle Pros blog College admissions tests—and the SAT in particular—have been under scrutiny for many years. Most people who work in higher education have stories about students accepted with relatively-low SAT or ACT scores achieving near-perfect GPAs in college (and, on the other hand, kids

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