Princeton College Consulting

JULY 25, 2018

While your college admissions interview may not be the deciding factor, that’s no reason to not take it seriously. This interview is your opportunity to showcase the side of you that the rest of your application cannot on paper. Your interview gives you the chance to: Share information about yourself beyond the application criteria. Showcase your personality and demonstrate good fit.

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College Kickstart

JULY 13, 2018

Here's an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal on the impact of being a legacy applicant on college admissions. While the article focuses on how legacy admissions impacts efforts to expand access and diversity, it also sheds light on the legacy advantage at institutions such as Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, Georgetown, Princeton and Harvard, where the legacy admission rate can be as much as 2-5 times higher than the general rate.

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Princeton College Consulting

JULY 19, 2018

If it feels as though everyone around you is looking to be a STEM student, your feelings may not be entirely inaccurate. The demand for STEM degrees has r isen, and students have responded accordingly. While not literally everyone is vying to get into the STEM field, numbers in recent years have soared. Since the Great Recession, the number of STEM students in bachelor’s degrees and above has grown from 388,000 graduates in 2009-2010, to 550,000 in 2015-2016.

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