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The Top Tier Admissions Story

Top Tier Admissions

This is the story of Top Tier Admissions—a business that disrupted college admissions and made a notoriously confusing process more transparent. At that time, she was not only the most well-known, but also the most exclusive college consultant in the burgeoning industry. The demand grew for expert help cracking the Ivy code.

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8 Things Savvy College Applicants Do During Summer (updated)

Princeton College Consulting

Reputation can also be an important factor, but don’t forget that your final college list needs to be balanced with colleges that are reaches, targets, and safe for admission. Continue Visiting Colleges Visiting colleges should be part of the college research and selection process. Return to all blogs

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Notes from my Georgia Tech Visit

ACM College Consulting

The acceptance rate for GA students is actually 3x that of non-GA students. What shocked me as I walked through their beautifully renovated library , is that almost all of their books have been moved off campus to make room for more study and working spaces. It is the first time I have visited a library without actually seeing books.

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Rejected Early Decision from Dartmouth 2023

The Koppelman Group

College admissions have unquestionably become fiercely competitive, and the Ivy League is in a category of its own. Dartmouth’s acceptance rate is just 6% according to U.S. Read a good book. Review the acceptance ranges for test scores and GPAs for each institution on your list. News & World Report. This is not easy.

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Which Should You Take: The SAT® vs ACT®

Strategic College Consulting

Imagine for a minute that it’s your senior year and you’ve just gotten the acceptance letter to your dream university. While admissions officers look for a variety of factors to choose whether or not to accept you into their programs, one of the most important are your SAT or ACT test scores. How do you make that a reality?

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College Interview Questions to Prepare For

Strategic College Consulting

Whether or not you’re accepted to a university can come down to many different factors. The ever-important college admissions interview. Even if you’re a champion debater and speaker, going into a room with a college admissions officer or alumnus can be a bit overwhelming. One of those factors? Want to stand out even further?

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‘Exclusion U’ Documentary Exposes Ivy League Elitism

BestColleges

And that's how the film begins — with students on social media rejoicing and weeping over acceptances to Ivy League universities. Despite enrolling less than 1% of college students nationwide, the Ivies "have an outsized influence on the popular imagination," Gentile said.