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Boarding School Applications: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Top Tier Admissions

Winter (December-February) – Getting Oriented and Building Credentials Understand admission requirements: Make a list of requirements for each school to determine which exams your student will need to prepare to take. Take the SSAT/ISEE: Most students test in early fall. SSAT Tutoring Stressed about the SSAT?

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Top 7 Benefits of Attending a Local Community College

AdmissionSight

Unlike universities, community colleges often have looser admission requirements, making it easier for students who might not meet strict GPA or testing criteria to still pursue their educational goals. Instead, you’ll take a simple assessment test after admission to determine which courses are the best fit for your skill level.

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A Simplified College Application Timeline Every High Schooler Needs

AdmissionSight

The PSAT, or Preliminary SAT, is a standardized test that gives you a sneak peek at what the SAT will be like. A great way to begin is by taking a full-length practice test for both. Most students take their chosen test two or three times to improve their scores, with the last attempt happening in the early fall of senior year.

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Is Duke Test-Optional? Requirements + Tips

AdmissionSight

One of the big questions that might be swirling around in your head is: Is Duke test-optional? Dukes Test-Optional Policy Duke SAT Scores Duke ACT Scores Duke University Admission Requirements Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways Dukes Test-Optional Policy For the 2024-2025 admissions cycle, Duke University is test-optional.

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Summer Strategy Ideas for Hamilton College

The Koppelman Group

Only about 50% of accepted and enrolled students at Hamilton submit standardize test scores, so there isn’t massive pressure to even send them. If you are going to spend some of your summer studying for standardized tests, it helps to have some numbers to aim for. These are the lowest scores we’d recommend sending to Hamilton.

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7 Steps to Start a School Podcast: A Guide for Modern Education Marketing

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

They deliberately planned the first season of the podcast to coincide with the university’s virtual orientation program for new students. They collaborated with the orientation staff (Destination Kent State) to ensure content was relevant and even gathered feedback from that partnership to improve the show. That’s a good thing.

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2025 Overall Applicant Pool

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

A student is not tied to their initial choice of major, as enrolling students can change their major prior to orientation using the UGA student system called Athena. As well, this means we do not have admissions limits based on different majors, as this would not make sense due to the ability to change majors.