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Numbers and Data

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

I remember one winter in college when a friend visited from CT, and while everyone else was bundled up for the 50 degree weather, he was walking around in shorts and a t-shirt and loving the sunny life. What does it mean when a college says they expect their applicant pool to have a “very rigorous curriculum”?

GPA 108
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What You Need to Know About Columbia University

Ivy Central

With a history that goes back to before the United States existed, it was founded in 1754 as Kings College, and being the only Ivy League college that is located in the centre of a major city Columbia University is one of America’s great universities. Columbia students are not much bothered about sports or cheering on their team.

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Improve Your GPA: Nine Strategies to Improve Your Chances of Winning Your Dream College!

Ivy Central

In the last blog, I discussed Grade Point Average or GPA, how it is calculated and how it makes an essential contribution to the profile you present to colleges at application time. If colleges consider your GPA to be important, then you should too. A PowerPoint presentation is only part of the story.

GPA 130
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When is Enough Enough?

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

But, like with anything else, too much of a good thing can make for a bad night. The issue is not just overloading on AP courses within the school, but also adding on Dual Enrollment classes and virtual AP courses taken through the GA Virtual School program to increase their GPA, their course rigor and their rank in class.

GPA 137
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2024 Freshman Admits

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

Please remember that this is not a blog where you should post statistics or throw fellow students under the bus. The next steps for a new student can be seen in the Next Steps portal on their status page or the flyer in your admission packet, so please go ahead and review what you need to do next.

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How to Get into USC

The Koppelman Group

What is USC looking for? The first is a blog called “what we look for,” and the second is an annual document called the Common Data Set. The first is a blog called “what we look for,” and the second is an annual document called the Common Data Set. In their blog, they talk about using a “holistic view.”

GPA 52
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So, You Want to Go to Law School?

Top Tier Admissions

High school and college students who know (or suspect) that law school is in their future don’t have courses to “waste” with pass/fail grades (which I call “GPA killers”) or grades that are Bs that could have been As. Request a copy of your transcript and evaluate it often versus waiting until the tail end of your college career.