Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Why am I re-taking the SAT/ACT? If you are a senior, wanting to make a personalized versus prescribed decisions on where to ultimately attend, how about this quote from Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement address: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Beware of value capture. They are not the same.

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SSA Online College Prep

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’m also going to talk about the pandemic and the tremendous toll it’s taken on our students, as well as the article that Michael Bloomberg wrote about bringing back the SATs and ACTs. Without SAT and ACT scores, the job of admitting students had become more subjective and time consuming. The Findings of the Hechinger Report.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 13, 2023

The last time they even published a legacy acceptance rate was in 2005. In 2005 , the acceptance rate for legacies was about 30%. Both in 2005 and for the class of 2025, the incoming class was 14% legacy, however, for the class of 2025, the overall acceptance rate was 4.6%.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 7, 2025

The School of Communication houses a theater program that offers rigorous training in acting, directing, design, and dramaturgy. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023 Womens field hockey. Colbert credits Northwesterns theater program for honing his comedic and acting skills. 2021, 2024 Women’s tennis.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MARCH 28, 2023

In May 2020, the SAT and ACT were deemed optional for UC applicants through 2022, with the goals of completely eliminating the tests from their admissions process by 2024 and creating a new UC-specific standardized test by 2025. UC Merced 7 (97) Merced 2005 90.4% Do UC schools require standardized tests? UC Davis 4 (38) Davis 1905 37.5%

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BestColleges

JUNE 16, 2023

Comet — University of Texas at Dallas I promise I wasn’t acting like I was in a Wes Anderson film while walking around campus ? Since 2005, however, Paydirt Pete has rocked a cowboy hat, handlebar mustache, and big muscles. If you're looking for quirky campus culture , consider one of these seven colleges in Texas with unique mascots.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Volunteers can act as standardized patients and help students practice communication and assessment skills. The studies were published from 2005-2020 and had to have been published in English, with full text and data available, and were primary research studies that could be applied to the development of the nursing curriculum.

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SSA Online College Prep

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Here’s another thought to consider: if you are giving students a concrete strategy that is useful to them in ways outside just the SAT or ACT, that is tangibly linked with better salary and success outcomes, can that really be considered gaming the test? We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Martha has been tutoring since 2005, focusing on the SAT, ACT, U.S. She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is currently working towards an MA in Psychology from the University of the West. History, and all things Language Arts.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Martha has been tutoring since 2005, focusing on the SAT, ACT, U.S. She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is currently working towards an MA in Psychology from the University of the West. History, and all things Language Arts.

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 12, 2025

He also acts as an ambassador for the school, representing Columbia at public events and community outreach programs. The most recent change was in 2005, when Roar-ee debuted at a homecoming game. It is not one of a herd, but acts independently. The Columbia Lion went through some makeovers throughout the years.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 21, 2022

high school graduating class of 2022, took the ACT. [1]. The ACT may be becoming less popular. The percentage of highschool graduates who take the ACT has dropped 12 percentage points between 2012-2022. Each year, over one million high school students take the ACT exam. Average ACT Score in 2022. Source: ACT [5].

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BestColleges

JULY 31, 2023

Note Reference [1] Check 42% of reported crimes on campuses qualified as Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) offenses. Note Reference [1] Check 2021 saw the largest number of hate crimes ever reported at colleges since the Department of Education began collecting this data in 2005. Of these reported crimes, just 2% were unfounded.

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College Essay Guy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Writing & Language section on the SAT is nearly identical to the English section on the ACT. these HACKS apply to both SAT Writing & Language and ACT English. So it’ll also be useful to read the last sentence of the previous passage and choose an answer that acts as a bridge between main ideas. HACK #1: OVERALL.

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StandOut College Prep

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Applicants must be graduating high school, intend to enroll into a four year college/university, display the qualities above, and have a minimum SAT score of 1000 or ACT score of 22. This is given to Hawaiʻi residents who graduated from a high school after 2005, has at least a 3.0 The deadline to apply is January 11th.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 13, 2023

Leichter’s wisdom inspired me to build a permanent LGBTQ+ resource room at Williams College that also acted as an archive of queer experiences. Leichter’s wisdom inspired me to build a permanent LGBTQ+ resource room at Williams College that also acted as an archive of queer experiences.

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BestColleges

MAY 25, 2023

Check In the 1990s, there were nearly 1,000 programs, but by 2005, just 12 college programs in 12 prisons remained. [2] 7] The news comes nearly 30 years after the original Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that excluded anyone serving time in prison from receiving federal financial aid.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 24, 2023

That experience could have been truly life-changing for you, but the simple act of thinking of more creative ways to express an idea not only makes your writing more interesting to read, it signals to your reader the amount of effort you’ve put into your essay. They left like birds; laughing one minute and in a better place the next.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 30, 2025

UCLA Los Angeles 1919 9% UC Merced Merced 2005 91.7% Established in 2005, UC Merced is the newest campus in the UC system, with the highest acceptance rate of 91.7%. UC Irvine Irvine 1965 28.8% UC Riverside Riverside 1954 76.4% UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 1891 32.9% UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 1965 65% UC San Diego La Jolla 1960 26.8%

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 6, 2025

Average test scores (optional): 33 (ACT), 1503 (SAT) Amherst College is one of The Little Three, together with Williams College and Wesleyan University. Time magazine considered his novel Infinite Jest as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Amherst College (Amherst, MA) Acceptance rate : 10% Average GPA : 4.0

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BestColleges

MAY 8, 2023

Among the most controversial bills DeSantis signed in the last two years are bills attempting to eliminate "woke" ideology across Florida's educational system such as the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act. Navy as a judge advocate general (JAG) officer. DeSantis then deployed to Iraq as an advisor to a U.S.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 16, 2024

"It's easier today to discharge a student loan through bankruptcy than any time since 2005," Waterman said. Lacks Ability to Repay Inability to Repay Likely to Persist Acted in Good Faith to Repay How Do I File Bankruptcy on Student Loans? The debtor has acted in good faith in the past in attempting to repay the loan.

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BestColleges

MARCH 25, 2024

The court declared the president did not have the legal authority to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans per borrower through the HEROES Act, much to the disappointment of the 26 million Americans who applied or were automatically eligible for one-time forgiveness. Supreme Court decision.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 28, 2022

Answer the prompt directly UT trademarked the “ what starts here changes the world” brand in 2005. Narrow the scope of “changing the world” to changing your community, neighborhood, or family and discuss an issue of importance This tip is a variation of the “ think global, act local ” mantra.

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