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Solving the Enrollment Puzzle at a Small College

Ruffaloni

His tenure at Wilmington was particularly notable, enrolling two of the largest classes in the college’s history, an accomplishment which led to awards from the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, RNL, and others. They added new strategies such as a virtual orientation event for transfer students.

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How to Transfer to Boston University (BU) 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

BU is a very transfer-friendly school, and a look on their transfer admissions website makes that clear they even have you submit your current class syllabi with your application to help figure out where to award credit! BU also wants you to make sure the major youre interested in is even accepting transfers, which you can check here.

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How to Transfer to Vanderbilt 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

Vanderbilt is also a fairly transfer-friendly school, more so than their peer institutions. They have a overall, first-year acceptance rate of 6%, but a transfer acceptance rate of 19%. Admission as a transfer is still very competitive at Vandy, so lets get into what you need to do to be a competitive applicant.

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Cornell Grading Scale: All You Need to Know

AdmissionSight

If leadership is your strength, consider running for student government or taking on a key role in clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS). especially students taking AP, IB, or honors courses. Grades from transfer courses do not impact your Cornell GPA, making your Cornell coursework the key focus.

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Essay Examples and Eleven Tips for Writing UT-Austin “Which activity are you most proud of and why?”

Tex Admissions

For example, you could write, I serve as the National Honor Society President responsible for coordinating seven officers and meetings for 120 members. I brought a unique perspective because I attended our project-based-learning high school, New DEF, for freshman year before transferring to ABC High.

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23 Best Practices and Mistakes to Avoid on your UT-Austin Common App Essay

Tex Admissions

For example, they wish to discuss being the National Honor Society president, but instead of writing out their experiences, they hesitate and dont write anything. College essays are not a fiery speech you give to support your National Honor Society President candidacy or as a politician pounding on the podium.

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Pepsi Scholarship

College Essay Guy

To qualify, you must have participated in the program for two years provide proof that you’ve already been accepted to post-secondary school and maintain consistent inclusion on your school’s honor roll. GPA, and who are committed to service-learning can apply for this $2,000 per year scholarship.