Admissions Mom

JUNE 22, 2023

Junior year is where your college admissions journey starts for real. If you are new to admissions, no matter where you are in high school, start reading here from the beginning. Be sure to take some time completely off from school and college admissions stuff. Here’s how I suggest you tackle this list.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

MAY 10, 2021

As you construct your college list, check to see if each college tracks demonstrated interest. If they do, make a list of the colleges that track interest and pay particular attention to your interaction with them during the admissions process. Stop by the college booth at a college fair.

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DC College Counseling

AUGUST 24, 2023

Because deciding where to apply to college is a critical step in the college admissions process, it’s important to be thoughtful and thorough. Creating a college list can also be really fun and exciting, as you explore all of your options and imagine where you’ll be for the next four years.

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Marks Education

APRIL 12, 2023

There are many different ways to show colleges that you are especially interested in them before you apply: “demonstrated interest” can mean taking a virtual tour, visiting campus, attending an info session, reaching out to an admissions officer, or even simply writing a well-informed “Why Us?” Brainstorm and write your “Why Us ?”

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CTK College Coach

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Although test scores are optional for athletic eligibility, colleges vary in what they want to see and when for athletes Students in these categories may begin test prep as early as the middle of sophomore year and test beginning in the summer before junior year. Public colleges in California are permanently test blind.

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EAB

MARCH 6, 2023

You’ll want to make sure that you offer a window in your school’s academic and extracurricular experiences in a way that is authentic to that platform’s intention. . --> Once you’ve identified the platform(s) that you wish to harness, you’ll have to pay careful attention to your content strategy. Review our poll results to find out.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 28, 2023

Admissions committees use your secondary essays to augment the story they have assembled about you as a candidate from your Common App essay and your recommendations. and “Can you elaborate more on your favorite extracurricular?” In the meantime, please let us know how we can help you crack the the college admissions code.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 11, 2024

Colleges understand all of this and generally give you a little leeway when it comes to your grades in 9th grade. Really important note: In terms of second semester senior grades, colleges check these out to make sure you’ve kept things up after getting admitted. And believe us, it happens. And it’s as disappointing as you think.

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Niche

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Events, fall travel and visit experiences At the time of surveying, 74% of students had visited a college campus. Visits through an admission office were the most common followed by unofficial visits on their own. 35% of students have met with admissions counselors who visited their high school.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

The media is full of information about the advantages enjoyed by certain students in the college admission process. In recent years, the exponential growth of applications being submitted to well-known colleges and universities (e.g. close to 150,000 students applying for first year admission to UCLA) has fanned this fire.

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