Tex Admissions

JULY 27, 2023

Longhorns at the Fort Worth Stockyards In this post, I cover what pre-med does and doesn't mean, best practices for applying to pre-med, what pre-med means for your college search and list, how many pre-med freshmen become physicians, medical school course prerequisites after arriving on campus, and a critical take on combined BS/MD programs.

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GPA Enrollment Out-of-State High School 98

SSA Online College Prep

APRIL 13, 2023

Summer is an important time to think about preparing for college, but there are so many competing priorities that it can be hard to decide the best use of your time. While you’re thinking about what’s most important to you, it may also be helpful to consider what colleges prioritize. So many summer college prep options!

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A guide to the standardized test that determines National Merit and prepares students for the SAT. If you’re the parent of a high school senior, your child is likely focusing on the ACT or SAT , the standardized tests that are a crucial part of college admissions. Is it really just preparation for the SAT?

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Having their own application allows them to “fulfill [their] commitment to this holistic admissions process” and “allows [their] applicants to best express their personalities, talents, skills and accomplishments.” Speaking of special, last year Georgetown had an acceptance rate of just 13% for incoming freshmen.

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Tex Admissions

JUNE 13, 2022

Internal transfers are current students who wish to enroll in another college or school. Internal transferring contrasts slightly with changing majors because a student inside the College of Liberal Arts, for example, may wish to change their major from History to Government.

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Tex Admissions

DECEMBER 1, 2023

UT requires all prospective external transfer students to write a 600-750 word response to Apply Texas Essay A: The statement of purpose will provide an opportunity to explain any extenuating circumstances that you feel could add value to your application. I provide a series of blog posts offering tips starting here.

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Post the 2023 SCOTUS decision, many colleges and universities changed their supplemental essay prompts to point pretty directly at diversity in some way. Here’s a running list of colleges that changed their prompts. TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to skip ahead) What do colleges mean when referring to diversity—is it only about race?

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