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Changes are coming for the ACT starting in April 2025!

CTK College Coach

My contact assured me that any content changes would be relatively minor and that the currently available full-length paper practice tests remain the best preparation available for both the computer enhanced test and standard test. When will the ACT begin offering the enhanced test? Will the ACT be offering individual test section retakes?

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How to Succeed as a Cornell Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

The most recent individual year for which Cornell provides data indicates that 84% of applicants from the class of 2019 were accepted , compared to 64% of all applicants with Cornell degrees that year and 43% of applicants nationally. Beyond just getting in, which medical schools do Cornell students tend to enroll in?

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Is 3.2 a Good GPA? What It Means for College Admissions

AdmissionSight

in 2019, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS). They offer a wide range of majors and minors , allowing you to explore your interests and create a personalized path to academic success. Heres how GPAs are typically converted to a 4.0 scale : Letter Grade Percent Grade 4.0

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Investing In A Legacy Of Nutrition

Penn Nursing

The award—which goes to a graduating Penn Nursing undergraduate student who is also a Nutrition minor or second major—honors the late JoAnn Nallinger Grant, RN, HUP’62, Nu’72, who became the first nurse in the field of parenteral nutrition (PN) and wrote a definitive guide on the subject used by nurses for decades.

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Preparing Your Medical Student CV for Residency (Examples Included)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Make sure to write clear and concise summaries of your responsibilities and accomplishments for each place you worked at, with exact dates and locations clear. .

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Applying for the McCombs School of Business and Canfield Business Honors (CBHP)

Tex Admissions

Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers, taken in 2019 In this post, I overview the McCombs admissions statistics and application process, provide insights into the Canfield Business Honors program, and conclude with alternatives to McCombs. Students may have only one Business major and one minor. after their freshman year.

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How Did We Get Here?

Admissions Village

Some data from the Common Application: “Underrepresented Minority (UMR) applicants increased by 30% over 2019-20, while first-generation applicants increased by 35%, nearly three times the rate of continuing-generation applicants over the same time period. An example of this is Amherst College and the State of Colorado.