Top Tier Admissions

MAY 15, 2024

Career Planning and Academic Advising Clear, informed career planning and academic / extracurricular advising. C ollege Private Counseling Develop an organized and effective application strategy that leverages your academic and extracurricular experience to stand out. ENROLL NOW Take tough classes and focus on writing.

Standardized Testing

Ivy Central

APRIL 28, 2023

The Claremont Colleges boast a unique consortium that benefits from the diverse missions, character, and culture of each institution and the integration of academic and extracurricular programs. Standardized Test Scores: Scripps College is test optional. Part 2: In this blog, we will explore Scripps College.

Early Decision

Ivy Central

MAY 2, 2023

The Claremont Colleges boast a unique consortium that benefits from the diverse missions, character, and culture of each institution and the integration of academic and extracurricular programs. Standardized Test Scores: Harvey Mudd College is test optional. Application Components Complete the Common Application.

Minor

Ivy Central

APRIL 27, 2023

The Claremont Colleges boast a unique consortium that benefits from each institution's diverse missions, character, and culture and the integration of academic and extracurricular programs. Standardized Test Scores: Pomona College is test optional.

Early Decision

Princeton College Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

If you do hope to go the pre-med route in college, you’ll need to have high grades and test scores, but also impressive extracurricular activities. Why Extracurriculars Matter So Much. With some exceptions, most students who apply to extremely selective colleges and universities have the highest-tier grades and test scores.

Extracurricular

Great College Advice

JANUARY 28, 2023

Try out new extracurricular activities, and continue to pursue those that already interest you. Think about ways to amplify your extracurricular activities. Nothing can help prepare you for the English language portions of the standardized testing than reading. Magazines and newspapers. Your extracurriculars.

High School

The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Engaging in Extracurricular Activities While academic knowledge is essential, hands-on experience matters just as much (if not more) to college admissions committees. We encourage students to actively participate in extracurricular activities aligned with their niche to help build useful skills and hands-on knowledge.

Internship

The Koppelman Group

MAY 21, 2023

Not only do you need to have some top-tier PRs, but you also need top-tier grades, scores, and extracurriculars to get into Colgate. In order to be a truly competitive applicant, you’re going to want a 1550+ or 35+ on your standardized tests. Extracurriculars And not just your sports teams!

University

College Essay Guy

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Maybe if you have an outstanding academic record, near-perfect test scores, and a resume that's beaming with extracurricular achievements. First off, applying to college during your junior year is typically only done by students with nearly perfect GPAs and test scores who are seeking a competitive edge in the admissions process.

Standardized Testing

Educated Quest

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fields and Herndon-Brown acknowledge that the admissions process favors families that focus on advanced courses, high scores on standardized tests and distinctive extracurricular activities. Essence magazine made a list, too, in partnership with Money magazine. Binghamton University. Towson University (MD).

Admissions

Princeton College Consulting

APRIL 21, 2020

Standardized Tests. SAT and SAT Subject Tests. The College Board has now canceled the May and June SAT and SAT Subject Test administrations. Students who were registered for testing during this period will receive refunds, as will those who did not receive their scores from an earlier test because of “irregularities.”

Admissions

The Koppelman Group

MARCH 24, 2024

Extracurriculars Tufts looks for students who are “Intellectually Playful. The best way to exhibit them is in your essays and through your extracurriculars. If you are passionate about story, maybe you intern at a local literary magazine. Collaborative. Civically Engaged. Globally Minded.”

International Students

Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

The four main tenets of the Stanford admissions department are academic excellence, intellectual vitality, extracurricular activities, and context. Displaying intellectual curiosity in your essays, extracurricular activities, and the classroom will help you appear authentically engaged to Stanford admissions officers.

Admissions

AdmissionSight

APRIL 1, 2023

SAT stands for “Scholastic Assessment Test,” a standardized test used in the United States as a college admissions tool. The test is typically taken by high school juniors and seniors planning to attend college. Therefore, it is time to hit the books, er, online magazines. What is the SAT?

SAT

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 21, 2023

You, the college applicant, have worked hard through high school, earning great grades, expanding your worldview through extracurricular activities , and contributing to your community… and now, it can seem pretty unjust to throw yourself at the mercy of an application system that seems arbitrary, blind to your personality, or even uncaring.

Ivy League

Admissions Mom

JUNE 22, 2023

ACTIVITIES: I love what MIT Admissions Says: “Some students feel so much pressure to get into the “right” college that they want to make sure they do everything right—down to their extracurricular activities. Either way, the test for any extracurricular should be whether it makes you happy—whether it feels right for you.

Admissions

AdmissionSight

JANUARY 6, 2025

Student life Tend to have larger, more diverse student bodies with a wider range of extracurricular and social opportunities, including high-profile athletics. Time magazine considered his novel Infinite Jest as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Notable alumni from Amherst include: Dan Brown.

Ivy League

AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Standardized test scores (optional). No problemWesleyan is test-optional. If your grades arent quite at the top, extracurricular activities and recommendation letters can help you stand out. Even without test scores, you can showcase your strengths and achievements in other ways. were in the top quarter.

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