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As a seasonal resident of northern Michigan—my escape from Florida’s summer heat—I recently found myself navigating a new challenge: selecting a dentist. Though far removed from my professional realm, this experience offered pivotal insights into enhancing private school campus visits. Here’s how these observations can be translated into actionable improvements in your school’s admissions and enrollment strategy. 1—Influence of Online Reviews My wife chose this dentist based on glowi
Understanding how to get college financial aid can be confusing, especially for parents. The US Department of Education revamped the FAFSA for the 2024-25 academic school year to make this process less painful. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), now shorter than its predecessor, is a key part of getting money to help pay for your child's college education.
Penn Nursing Dean Antonia M. Villarruel , along with 14 alums and associates of Penn Nursing , are among the inaugural class of 175 Fellows selected for the newly established Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing (ADLN). The inaugural ADLN Fellows have demonstrated expertise in one or more areas of nursing education, research, practice, policy, or administration as it relates to issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).
College/University Terms: Accelerated Degree Programs: An accelerated degree program reduces the amount of time it takes to obtain an undergraduate degree by at least one year. Most accelerated degree programs allow a student to obtain a bachelor’s degree in three years or less. They are often combined with some type of graduate program like a 7 year BS/MD program.
Knowing which enrollment metrics to monitor can give you a competitive edge. It’s almost impossible not to know about the “enrollment cliff” (although there may be a second cliff after the one we’re already expecting). Fewer high school graduates with increased diversity coupled with a rising mistrust of higher education and the worth of higher education has many enrollment professionals rethinking their game plan.
Is your admissions process letting prospective students fall through the cracks? Are you frustrated by the number of no-shows to scheduled appointments with your admissions team?
Stanford will reintroduce standardized testing requirements for undergraduate admissions starting in fall 2025 for admission to the Class of 2030. For rising seniors (students applying in fall 2024), Stanford will remain test-optional. Most recently, Harvard & Cornell announced changes to their testing policy, requiring students to submit either an SAT or ACT score in future application cycles.
After submitting a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), the Federal Student Aid office will send you a FAFSA Submission Summary. This document is an important part of the financial aid process. Below, I will provide a detailed explanation of the FAFSA Submission Summary, its significance, and what each section of the report contains. What is the FAFSA Submission Summary?
After submitting a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), the Federal Student Aid office will send you a FAFSA Submission Summary. This document is an important part of the financial aid process. Below, I will provide a detailed explanation of the FAFSA Submission Summary, its significance, and what each section of the report contains. What is the FAFSA Submission Summary?
Every summer, Penn's office of Development and Alumni Relations partners with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) to host the Penn/CASE Advancement Internship program. Designed to diversify and attract students to a career in institutional advancement while strengthening the higher ed advancement profession overall, this summer Penn Nursing/Wharton student William Xi, Nu'27, W'27, was placed with Penn Medicine's development professionals.
Congratulations to the amazing Admissions Village class of 2028. They have chosen where to enroll and we can not wait to see the incredible things these phenomenal young people do in the future. We could not be more proud of you. Bentley University Boston College Brown University Claremont McKenna College Colby College* Colgate University College of Charleston* College of the Holy Cross* Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Elon University George Washington University Georgetown
How do students and families perceive the admissions process? This is the second in a series comparing student perceptions with the perceptions of university families. The first article focused on satisfaction with financial aid and tuition value. This one takes a closer look at the admissions experience. These results are based on nearly 140,000 students from the RNL Student Satisfaction Inventory across three academic years, and over 20,000 families who completed the CampusESP/RNL Universit
Is there a disconnect between your institution’s marketing department and admissions team? Do you worry about whether your enrollment marketing strategies are providing qualified prospects for your admissions counselors to engage with?
Last week, I wrote about how College Board and the Highly Rejective Colleges are to blame for the concerns being expressed by many high school and independent counselors about the lack of SAT testing sites in their communities. In some discussion groups I participate in, these concerns are increasing and amplifying.
The Student Aid Index (SAI) is an essential concept in the world of financial aid for college. It replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) starting with the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ). But what exactly is the SAI, and how does it impact your family’s financial aid eligibility? Let’s take a closer look. What Is the Student Aid Index?
Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN , will serve as president of the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation for the next two years. Its mission is to raise money to fund clinical and metabolic research that will translate into safe and effective nutrition care. Many of its grant recipients go on to become leaders of ASPEN , including Dr. Compher, who served as ASPEN president from 2016 to 2017.
Thank you @Lisa Marker Robbins for having me on the podcast. Your knowledge of fit to major and understanding how major impacts future aspirations is awesome. I really enjoyed the conversation and love the takeaways you summarized below. Knowledge is power in this process. From Flourish Coaching In this episode, Lisa and Aly discuss: Common institutional priorities of colleges that drive admissions decisions for your teen.
Read our full report of the findings. Navigating the college planning process is like solving a crazy-hard puzzle blindfolded while eating a bowl of spaghetti…Okay, maybe it’s not that bad, but it can feel overwhelming! With a gazillion factors to consider and colleges to research, where do they even start? We know that 72 percent of all high school students think college planning is hard, so how can you help students find you?
Best College Marching Bands If you’ve ever been to a college football game, especially on a campus with a great party scene, then you’ll know how integral the marching band is to the culture. Just because it’s halftime doesn’t mean the action on the field stops. Instead of leaving for a refill or getting in […] The post 15 Best College Marching Bands – 2024 first appeared on College Transitions.
Wharton announced a new initiative focused on boosting AI research and student instruction. All full-time and executive master of business administration (MBA) students at the Wharton School will soon have access to ChatGPT Enterprise licenses as the business school invests in AI, according to an announcement. A growing number of top business schools have incorporated AI into their curriculum.
In a recently published opinion piece in BMJ Open , " Rhetoric of Research: A Call for Renaming the Clinical Research Partnership ," authors from Penn Nursing and Georgetown University School of Nursing, present a compelling argument for rethinking the language used to describe participants in clinical research. The opinion calls for a shift from the traditional term "patient participant" to "participant partner," emphasizing the crucial role of participants in all facets of the research process
The term “Little Ivies ” has been around since at least 1955, and refers to a group of small, private liberal arts colleges mostly clustered in New England whose history, prestige, endowments, and highly selective acceptance rates are comparable to the Ivy League. The “Little Ivies” are perfect for exceptional students looking for a more intimate and personalized on-campus experience that often focuses exclusively on undergraduate degrees.
RNL’s new Online Student Recruitment Report presents findings from our recent survey of 1,500 prospective and enrolled online students. The report presents five interconnected strategies that will help institutions to both maximize the growth of their online footprint and to ensure that students rate the quality of their experience highly. Perhaps the most important finding in the study was the rating enrolled respondents gave to their current/recent online experience: More than 40 percent of en
As a college admissions consultant, I often find myself advising students to consider whether to apply Early Action to their top-choice colleges. While many students are still weighing their options or trying to make a final decision, Early Action can provide numerous benefits that can help make the college application process a little less stressful. … The post Five Reasons to Apply Early Action to College appeared first on Solomon Admissions Consulting.
What factors do you consider when choosing which university to enroll at? Academics? The Party Scene? Professors? Majors? Campus Safety? Increasingly, students look at the location of a school. Of course, you want to attend a beautiful campus, but the surrounding neighborhoods can also be a big draw. In addition to the wonderful campus offerings, […] The post 55 Best College Towns in America – 2024 first appeared on College Transitions.
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Like the other eight undergraduate institutions in the system, UCLA uses the UC Application (UC App) as its sole avenue of entry. The UC App opens on August 1 st each year (as does the Common App), and has an application deadline of November 30 th , with no opportunity for Early Action or Early Decision applications. What distinguishes the UC App from its cousin, the Common Application, is that the UC App gives students considerably more space to enter information about their activities (20 acti
This post was authored by Nikki Hartley, Content Marketing Manager of Six Red Marbles. RNL and Six Red Marbles have partnered together to provide high quality instructional design for colleges and universities as part of RNL’s Graduate and Online Enrollment Solutions. Strong instructional design helps you both recruit and retain students. High-quality instructional design pays enormous dividends for colleges and universities.
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For high school juniors, the spring brings more than just a flurry of pollen invaders; introductory meetings with college advisors are scheduled, emails from colleges and universities start to consistently appear in inboxes, and a buzz starts to arise as students get into the tempo of the college search process. While there is often much… The post Junior Year Spring: The College Search Kick-Off appeared first on Solomon Admissions Consulting.
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