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What to Do if You Are Waitlisted – Ivy League College Admissions

Ivy College Essay

What to Do if You Are Waitlisted – Ivy League College Admissions Letter of Continued Interest: The College Waitlist What to do if you are waitlisted? College waitlists can be a frustrating experience for students. However, being waitlisted is not necessarily the end of the road. The adcom is BUSY.

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‘Tis the season…for early application decisions!

DC College Counseling

Over the next few weeks, many schools will release their early application decisions - especially those with binding early decision plans (some non-binding early action decisions will not come in until January or even February). You agreed to do this when you signed the early decision form.

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How Did We Get Here? - Part 3

Admissions Village

Duke was transparent in their Early Decision release this year. We saw super strong students this year waitlisted at places like Case Western, American, and BU who had stronger profiles than those students who were accepted. Waitlists are being utilized more than ever before. This is not new. 1,210 accepted their spots.

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How Did We Get Here? Part 2

Admissions Village

Earlier in this blog, we mentioned many colleges had fewer applicants this year. According to Admissions Blog , Kelly Walter, BU’s VP for Enrollment and Director of Admissions, said, “ since we have been significantly overenrolled for each of the past two years, it was absolutely critical for us to plan for yet another increase in yield.

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College Admissions Etiquette for Teens – 5 Tips!

College in 321

Respect the Early Decision process. Anyone applying early decision must understand the rules. You can only apply to one college early decision (at any one time), and it’s a binding contract that you will attend that college if accepted. Follow up with your team when you’ve made your college selection.

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Surviving the College Admissions Madness

Tex Admissions

I have also released a new brand and blog content Admissions Madness along with a Youtube channel. Early Decision policies and aggressive recruitment and questionable enrollment management practices monopolize universities’ leverage over families’ well-being. Waitlists, appeals, and deferrals keep students in limbo.

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5th Annual College Admissions Preparation Day

Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

Re-upping this blog based on a few recent conversations with college and neighborhood friends who have kids in the admission process right now. Instead of texting or calling individually, I’ll just be forwarding this. You may it impersonal– I call it efficient. Po-tay-toe, Po-taa-toe!