ACM College Consulting

MAY 3, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of college admissions, one question continues to perplex students, parents AND counselors: Should students take the SAT? Last summer, more than 1900 colleges were test optional, test-free or test-blind. Students should research the admissions policies and data of the schools on their list.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Scooter adventure in Tabanan, Bali On March 11, 2024, UT-Austin announced significant changes for the upcoming Freshman Fall 2025 admissions cycle. As of writing, UT has not updated it’s admissions page yet. Applicants do not need to submit the writing section. Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

MARCH 9, 2024

After 20 years of marriage, I’ve learned the hard way not to set an audible alarm before 6 a.m. Grabbing my bag from the trunk I began wondering how someone who had never lived in an Alexa-less, GPS-less, wireless world would have dealt with navigating the journey I’d just made. My vibrating watch alarm went off. Still SOS.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

essay Part 5: The medical school gap year essay Part 6: The medical school leadership essay Part 7: The medical school “Anything else you’d like us to know?” You’ve written a compelling medical school personal statement , a detailed AMCAS Work and Activities section , and more.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

You wouldn’t be interested in so many years of training if you were simply motivated by earning potential or prestige. Reading this guide thoroughly will help you approach medical school admissions the right way, whether you’re a high schooler, college junior, nontraditional applicant, or anything in between.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learn how SMPs can make you a competitive applicant for medical school Part 1: Introduction Part 2: What are Special Master’s Programs? From excellent test scores to solid clinical experience, you have to be successful on many counts to be competitive in the med school admissions process. Your guide is on its way.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There’s a seemingly never-ending list of dental school requirements to meet, including taking certain prerequisites, achieving a high GPA and strong DAT score, dental volunteering, community service, and so on. But it’s not just about checking a bunch of boxes informed by reading generic guides on how to get into dental school.

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BestColleges

MARCH 20, 2024

Note Reference [1] Check Among popular colleges, New York University had the highest SAT scores in the 25th percentile, with enrollees in the bottom quartile scoring 1470. Note Reference [2] Check Researchers found that SAT scores were strong predictors of academic success in college — even more so than high school GPAs.

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BestColleges

MARCH 8, 2024

Starting in fall 2024, Brown University will require students to submit SAT or ACT scores. Brown becomes the third Ivy League school, following Yale and Dartmouth, to reinstate standardized testing requirements. Brown admits that legacy admissions hampers efforts to promote student diversity.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Which are the best medical schools in New York? Given its cultural cachet, large population, and many excellent schools, it’s no surprise that New York is one of the most popular places to pursue a medical education. Learn everything you need to know to get into medical school. Your guide is on its way.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 12, 2024

Around 6,700 undergraduate students attend classes at Harvard’s urban location in Cambridge, MA, where 97% of students will live on-campus for all four years. HARVARD ACCEPTANCE RATE: HIGHEST IN FOUR YEARS AS APPLICATION NUMBERS FALL Harvard accepted 3.59% of Regular Decision applicants to its Class of 2028, or 1,245 students.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 29, 2024

Interested in adding an international perspective to your college education? GLOBAL CAMPUSES Georgetown University in Qatar Through its School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University offers a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service at its campus in Qatar. Also, unlike the main campus, GU-Q’s admissions process is test-flexible.

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Solomon Admissions

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When looking to change colleges, students are required to re-enter the admissions process. The application while having similarities is not exactly the same as that for applying as a first-year student graduating from high school. How do you apply for transfer admission?

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SSA Online College Prep

MAY 3, 2024

Jump to info about EDI vs. EDII vs. EA | Should You Apply to 20 Schools? Should You Only Apply to One School? While many college counselors agree that applying to five-six colleges is the sweet spot, the common application allows you to apply to up to twenty! What About Ivy+?

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BestColleges

JANUARY 30, 2024

A Harvard-based study says high standardized test scores equate to greater academic success at Ivy-Plus colleges. By contrast, high school GPAs have less predictive power. Most highly selective colleges remain temporarily test-optional. Today, more than 1,900 colleges and universities remain test-optional.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Which are the best medical schools in Texas? Notably, Texas medical schools tend to have relatively low tuition —this is especially true for in-state students but applies to out-of-state students, too. Therefore, you’ll have to take a somewhat different approach when applying to Texas med schools vs. schools in other states.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How hard is it to become a dentist? What the dentist career path looks like, plus recommendations to maximize your chances of pursuing your dream dental career LEARN HOW TO BECOME A DENTIST Introduction A career in dentistry is an excellent choice. Learn exactly what it takes to get into America’s most selective colleges.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Consistently ranked one of the best public universities in the nation, UC Berkeley is the perfect place for students who want to build legacies of activism, innovation, and leadership. UC Berkeley was founded in 1868, which makes it the oldest institution in the University of California system.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2024

How hard is it to get into Yale Law School? If you hope to add your name to the Yale Law School alumni list, you probably already know that you’ll need stellar undergraduate grades and standardized test scores, stand-out personal essays, and that little, mysterious, crucial something extra to be a competitive applicant.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Learn strategies for getting into 8-year and 7-year dental programs, plus a complete list of BS/DDS programs BS/DDS PROGRAMS provide students with a direct path to a dentistry career Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Is a BS/DDS program right for your child? Part 3: How hard is it to get into a BS/DDS program?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How hard is it to get into the University of Pennsylvania? If they also happen to be interested in interdisciplinary thinking and attending college in a historic, thriving city, they should consider applying to the nation’s first university, the University of Pennsylvania.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 2, 2024

How hard is it to get into Harvard Law? Those two quantitative aspects of your profile matter an enormous amount not only in whether or not you’re a competitive candidate for law school at all, but also in whether or not you stand a chance at the top law schools: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, UChicago, NYU, and others.

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Niche

MAY 6, 2024

Student tolerance for high-frequency outreach from colleges has fallen off significantly. Student interest in direct admission pathways that simplify their process and put ownership of the process in their hands is extremely high now. So what’s a college to do in the face of these critical issues?

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Admissions Village

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Test scores and test-optional admissions, which have been in the spotlight for several years now, are getting renewed attention as of late. Many colleges have still not decided if they will become permanently test-optional for admissions. I want to thank my colleague Meg Joyce for co-writing this blog post with me.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the nine undergraduate campuses included in the University of California system, UC Irvine was founded just over 50 years ago but has quickly climbed the UC rankings to secure the #3 spot. Thanks to its strong reputation, over 100,000 high-achieving students apply to UC Irvine each year—competing for less than 10,000 seats.

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 31, 2023

University of Pennsylvania has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. All first-year applicants to Penn will complete several Penn-specific short essays; yet, for the first time, the exact prompts students respond to will depend on the school within the university that they are applying to.

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Educated Quest

MAY 12, 2024

Forbes magazine recently came out with a list of schools that were considered to be a Public Ivy. However, since I have written about my own definition of a Public Ivy before, I’ll stick to the public colleges for this story. It had to be below 50 percent for a public college to be considered a Public Ivy. Acceptance rate.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

When students enroll at UCSD, they join one of eight residential colleges —each with its own neighborhood, general education requirements, and unique traditions. UCSD students experience the strong sense of belonging offered by small colleges while enjoying the resources of a large public research university. And after UCSD?

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UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For UGA Admissions, early October brings out a wide range of questions about the UGA Early Action process, so here is an FAQ on the most prevalent questions out there at this time. Should I apply Early Action or Regular Decision? It is actually up to you whether you should apply for EA or RD. I don’t know. I really don’t.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Each year, Johns Hopkins students are accepted to medical school at a far higher rate than the national average—premed graduates today enjoy an 80 percent med school acceptance rate. The university is the alma mater of world-renowned scientists, businesspeople, and even a former U.S.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At Yale, you’ll find gothic spires and aged residential colleges reminiscent of Oxford and Cambridge, a library designed to look like a “cathedral to knowledge,” a whale-shaped hockey stadium home to an NCAA-winning team, one of the oldest and most famous student newspapers in the country, and a campus thrumming with a cappella groups and theater.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 15, 2024

Williams College is an Ivy-caliber small liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. If you daydream about what it looks like to go to a small liberal arts college in the northeast of the United States, you’re probably thinking of a place like Williams. We help outstanding students get into their dream schools.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

How hard is it to get into UCLA? Created primarily to educate California students, UC schools also welcome some of the best and brightest applicants from around the world, giving every ambitious student the opportunity to join the impressive UC alumni network that spans the globe and contains over two million members.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

How hard is it to get into Brown? You know that your college applicant is much more than a high GPA and solid standardized test scores—they’re an exceptionally intelligent, self-driven, independent thinker who would thrive in a rigorous but free-spirited academic atmosphere on a classic New England college campus.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 7, 2024

However, there is a shared application that is separate from the Common App. There are also a shared set of requirements and expectations — which is why we are addressing the nine schools here as one group. This doesn’t mean that the schools are interchangeable, though. and France (although not combined).

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

How hard is it to get into the Baylor College of Medicine? As a Baylor medical student, you’ll study at the world’s largest medical college, where you will have the opportunity to rotate at several different patient care sites including the Baylor St. Thanks for all your support during this application cycle.

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Admissions.Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Northwestern University Deering Library Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois has added six new essay prompts to its 2023-2024 supplement to the Common Application for first-year applicants. The following questions are optional , but we encourage you to answer at least one and no more than two.

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