Office of Undergraduate Admission Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Thoughts for seniors as you navigate the college process, Liz Kinsley A couple weeks back, I was chatting with a colleague about the upcoming application cycle: “This is the last pandemic class,” he remarked. “Interesting,” I replied. “I think of them as the first pandemic class: the first class to feel the effects of Covid.
enrollmentFUEL
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
We’ve talked about it for months, but the need for these conversations hasn’t subsided: the Great Resignation is still going. According to sources within the Higher Education industry, professional staff turnover will continue to affect campuses, and by extension enrollment management teams, for yet another year.
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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
This week the US News and World Report rankings of colleges came out. Over the years, I have written extensively about this topic, in order to put them in perspective and point away from the list and more toward the methodology , i.e. how they are formulated. Here is what I know. Your time is limited. Between friends, school, work, practice, studying, and the basics of eating and sleeping, you are busy.
#LetsBFRANK: The College Admissions Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology today announced the hiring of Heather S. Duffy, JD, PhD, as Assistant Professor and Chair of Biotechnology. Dr. Duffy will lead the development of the nonprofit college’s Biotechnology program, where students will receive an Associate degree in Biotechnology to fill jobs in the booming biotechnology industry, which is rapidly expanding in Massachusetts.
Ivy College Essay
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Student In to the Ivy League. Parents want their children to do well in life, and if you have always dreamed of having your son or daughter graduate from an Ivy League college — which, to define the term “Ivy League,” refers to the eight schools that make up “The Ivies” and includes: Harvard , Princeton , Yale (the “Big Three”), as well as Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, and Penn (The University of Pennsylva
Excelsior Admissions Consulting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Food delivery services like DoorDash, UberEats, and GrubHub can save time and bring special treats they may not find on campus! The cornerstone of any great college care package: snacks! Protein bars, beef jerky, and fruit can provide a natural energy boost for long study sessions, and individually wrapped snacks make it easier to share with friends.
Enrollment Management
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
“It was an impulse buy,” I lied as I slipped an arm into my new forest green zip-up varsity jacket with black trim. “You sent me four pictures from the fitting room,” said my friend, in immediate recognition of my self-delusion. “Plus made me go with you to the store.” Okay. Not impulsive per se. “I knew you’d buy it when you heard the return policy.
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Educated Quest
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions is one of the newest, and more necessary, college advice guides around. It was one of the best college guides that I have read, because it presented new, unfamiliar viewpoints, at least for me. This is going to be a lengthy review. I had to do some homework after I read the book. Co-authored by Timothy Fields, Senior Associate Dean of Admissions at Emory University and Shereem Herdon-Brown, an independent college admissions advisor, this book
Excelsior Admissions Consulting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
High schools differ in how much access parents have to the college counselors. School counselors may offer meetings for parents and students in 11th and 12th grades. Parents should schedule a meeting, if offered. Come prepared with questions about the college process and your child’s specific college considerations. Here are some questions to consider discussing with your child's counselor. 11th Grade Questions How does the college process work?
Enrollment Management
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
“It was an impulse buy,” I lied as I slipped an arm into my new forest green zip-up varsity jacket with black trim. “You sent me four pictures from the fitting room,” said my friend, in immediate recognition of my self-delusion. “Plus made me go with you to the store.” Okay. Not impulsive per se. “I knew you’d buy it when you heard the return policy.
Admissions.Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Let’s face it, these days so much of the world of undergraduate admissions is smoke a mirrors. Which makes it particularly noteworthy when a big institution like University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign goes out of its way to be transparent about the fact that it’s a university made up of many different acceptance rates, not just one top-line number.
Solomon Admissions
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
One of the most common questions higher education professionals receive is, “how can students make themselves stand out in a very competitive and saturated academic environment?” The application process can often seem overwhelming and clouded in mystery but there are some very clear steps you can take to show yourself in the best light during the application review.
The Enrollment Marketer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
HubSpot and Slate are both incredibly powerful technology platforms that serve higher education marketers and enrollment managers. HubSpot’s marketing automation tools, data. analytics, and marketing attribution capabilities are unmatched in this space, while Slate’s application management, event organization tools, and queries tool, are equally impressive.
College Success
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
The FAFSA—the Free Application for Federal Student Aid—opens in three weeks. No one enjoys collecting all the required documents and information, which includes IRS tax returns for the previous two years; current bank statement balances; investment balances (including stocks, bonds, and trusts); K-1 documents; corporate. The post Should We File The FAFSA??
Brand College Consulting
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
The SAT and the ACT are very different college entrance exams and most colleges are now accepting both. This has led to most students taking both the SAT and the ACT tests, although that is not required or suggested by many professionals in the college admissions field. Junior and senior year of high school are already very busy times so planning ahead really helps!
Ivy College Essay
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
What Does it Mean If You Get Waitlisted? More importantly, is there anything that you can do? Decision day comes and when you see that email from your dream school, you discover that you have been waitlisted. Ugh. Horrible. Blech. Depressing. Just not what you were hoping for at all. But, while this may leave you with a sinking feeling in your stomach, don’t despair.
AHM Advising
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
While many colleges/universities request official high school transcripts as a part of the application process, some prefer to see a Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR) or a Self-Reported Student Academic Record (SSAR). Until this year, only the Florida public universities required the SSAR and students who were applying to Florida schools and schools that used the SRAR had to enter their information twice.
Enrollment Management
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
EDU Research Reveals Surprising Barrier to Enrollment “Dream Big.” “Reach for the Stars.” “If you believe it, you can achieve it.” These types of sayings feel omnipresent in career counseling offices, right up there with the frazzled kitten precariously dangled from a tree branch whose soft face and dark saucer eyes implore onlookers with the […].
Caltech Admissions
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
At Caltech it is a graduation requirement to take a “menu” class, courses which introduce you to areas of study outside of your major. This year, there were three courses offered in the third term: ESE 1, Ay 1, and Ge 1. I took Ge 1: Earth and Environment for two reasons. First, ever since the first term I have been interested in the idea of minoring in geology (I might major in it instead!
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Reading Time: 10 minutes Has a prospective student shown interest in your school? Have they shared their contact information to learn more about what your school has to offer? If yes, then it’s time for you to trigger your recruitment email campaign. . Email is an integral marketing tactic for engaging prospective students and nurturing their interest in your school.
Caltech Admissions
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Now, based on the title you may be wondering what kind of story this will be. As you will soon find out, it’s a story of adventure born out of the pure, dark chaos that fills the minds of sleep deprived Caltech undergrads. It was the week before third term finals and my friends and I decided that it would be a great idea to go camping for one night near Bishop, 270 miles away.
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