Georgia Tech Admissions Blog
APRIL 15, 2024
Warning : The subtitle is this blog is “That you may not like to hear.” And unlike most of my intros, we’re not going to waste time or words on analogies, personal anecdotes, or admittedly stretched parallels. Instead, after watching this cycle repeat itself, here are the three direct messages/ primary hopes I have for juniors entering the college admission experience.
The Enrollment Marketer
APRIL 17, 2024
As a typical first entry point for prospective students, college websites have always been a crucial instrument in any marketing strategy toolkit. And in a world where in-person campus visits are scarce, academic websites have to pack a powerful punch. According to one study of 10,000 incoming high school seniors in the summer of 2020, 85% percent of students said they relied more heavily on college websites for information in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and about 39% said that they had disc
Scoir
APRIL 13, 2024
The college search and application process is more confusing and overwhelming than in years past. It’s not realistic to expect your high schooler to handle things entirely on their own, but there is also a fine line between helping and taking over. If you’re the parent/guardian of a high school junior approaching the uphill portion of the college planning process, addressing the question of ownership early on can help ensure less stress for you and your student.
Top Tier Admissions
APRIL 16, 2024
U.S. News & World Report recently released their Best Graduate Schools 2024 edition, which includes numerous rankings by category: Best Business Schools, Best Law Schools, Best Medical Schools: Research, Best Engineering Schools, and Best Education Schools, to name a few. 2024 BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS (TOP 10) Stanford University #1 (tie) University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) #1 (tie) Northwestern University (Kellogg) #3 (tie) University of Chicago (Booth) #3 (tie) Massachusetts Institute of Tec
College Transitions
APRIL 15, 2024
The highest paid college athletes—Bronny James, Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark—are already celebrities in their own right. They’ve captured the attention of the sports world by shattering records at the college level. They’ve amassed huge social media followings. And they’ve become objects of imagination, speculation, and hope as they consider going pro.
BestColleges
APRIL 17, 2024
Players compete in the free mobile and PC game to create the most profitable business in a dynamic market that shifts based on players' decisions for employee wages, marketing, selling prices, and more. Oliver Stoner-German, Venture Valley competition winner, entrepreneur, and University of Arizona student, is using his game knowledge in running his business: Shelp – Student Help.
road2college
APRIL 18, 2024
Dear Roadie, My excellent, motivated student wouldn’t let me anywhere near the application process. He insisted he had it handled, The post Dear Roadie: My Son Told Me to Butt Out, Then Got Rejected by His Top Colleges. What Now? appeared first on Road2College.
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College Transitions
APRIL 18, 2024
Saying “objection” in the mock trial courtroom takes guts and a precise sense of timing. Most importantly, it requires a clear understanding of which objection to make and why.
BestColleges
APRIL 17, 2024
The University of Colorado Boulder has significantly increased female undergraduate enrollment in its fall 2023 cohort. The university's College of Engineering and Applied Science is 41% female, up 27 percentage points from two decades ago. Gender diversity in STEM brings new perspectives, tackles labor shortages, and boosts economic growth. Gender diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields offers numerous benefits , including introducing new perspectives, addressing l
The Koppelman Group
APRIL 18, 2024
Northwestern is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois with 8,000 undergraduates and as many graduate students. The university is in the top 10 nationally, and is world-renowned for journalism and communications. Many students seek out Northwestern for just this reason, as they look to combine a journalism or communications course of study with secondary interests in STEM or the humanities.
Shemmassian Academic Consulting
APRIL 18, 2024
Everything you need to know about being a Caltech premed, including comprehensive premed requirements, the best extracurriculars, and the Caltech premed acceptance rate Learn Everything you need to know about being a CalTech premed Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Caltech premed requirements Part 3: Caltech premed extracurriculars Part 4: Getting into medical school as a CalTech premed - Part 1: Introduction With its roots stretching back more than 100 years to 1891 as Throop University, it was the
College Transitions
APRIL 18, 2024
College tuition has only increased in the past several years, but don’t despair![i] From attending an in-state school to buying used books, there are many ways to mitigate these costs.[ii] One way in particular is to secure scholarships and grants that can lighten the load and assist in your scholastic financial needs.
BestColleges
APRIL 18, 2024
The newly launched Climate Legacy Commitment encourages master of business administration (MBA) students from top schools to sign on and pledge to combat climate change. The Climate Legacy Commitment calls on signatories to recognize the existential threat of climate change and work to commit to meaningfully working toward sustainability. The pledge includes prioritizing climate-vulnerable communities in decision-making.
Enrollify
APRIL 18, 2024
In a recent episode of the In Your Element podcast , titled "The Future of Enrollment: Optimizing Student Engagement from Day One", John Carrere, the Director for the Office of Recruitment and First-Year Experience at Pitt Community College, shared invaluable insights into the integration of technology in recruitment and student engagement.
Excelsior Admissions Consulting
APRIL 17, 2024
Seeing your child graduate is an exciting and emotional time. As they embark on this new chapter of their lives, what better way to celebrate than with a personalized gift to congratulate them on their accomplishments? Check out these fun and meaningful gift ideas to give your high school graduate below. A quilt made up of their high school t-shirts is a thoughtful gift that your graduate will cherish for years to come.
College Transitions
APRIL 18, 2024
Those interested in pursuing a master’s in education online will find a plethora of options to consider. However, it can be challenging to know which ones are ideal, especially when taking schedules and aspirations into account.
The Koppelman Group
APRIL 17, 2024
When you start 9th grade, college still seems like it’s an eternity away. But, as soon as you walk into your first class of freshman year, your path to getting into college starts. Yikes!! Every grade counts towards your GPA, and you have no excuse not to get involved with clubs or access resources your school has to offer. Getting started on building your specific area of academic interest (we usually call it your “niche” or “brand”) is really important, and starting now is what you need to do
Inside Emory Admission
APRIL 15, 2024
Choosing where to attend college can be scary. There are a lot of unknowns that no matter how much research you do, you can’t truly find out until you are on campus as a student yourself. Whether it is about the best foods at the Dining Halls, or the best study spots around campus, these are things that just take time to figure out. Now, as experienced students themselves, we hear what these students wish they would have known while they were making their decisions to enroll at Emory.
BestColleges
APRIL 15, 2024
Rich Lyons, former dean of the Haas School of Business, will be the 12th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. He will succeed Carol Christ, who will step down and retire at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. Lyons' tenure will begin July 1, 2024. Rich Lyons, an economist and former dean of the Haas School of Business, will be the next chancellor of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, according to an announcement from the UC Board of Regents.
College Transitions
APRIL 17, 2024
Finance majors emerge from their undergraduate studies as budding experts in areas such as stocks, bonds, wealth management, financial planning, investment banking, and venture capitalism.
The Koppelman Group
APRIL 16, 2024
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT , is one of the most prestigious universities in the country. Grounded in Cambridge, MA, the university has global reach, with graduates leading the fields of engineering, science, mathematics, media, and more around the world. They seek out students who are more than brilliant — they also have to be intent on changing the world.
SSA Online College Prep
APRIL 15, 2024
Prove to the admissions committee that you can tackle challenges. Show off your leadership skills and what makes you unique! Have an interest outside of school? Go big or go home! Is a Jesuit education important to you? Read more college admissions tips on our blog ! Read This Before Applying to Georgetown Georgetown University is highly selective, with an overall acceptance rate of about 12%.
BestColleges
APRIL 15, 2024
Harvard has reinstituted its standardized test requirement beginning next fall. The decision follows similar announcements from Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown. Studies suggest standardized tests can help increase socioeconomic diversity. Critics express concerns about the timing of Harvard's announcement. Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements.
College Transitions
APRIL 17, 2024
Shows like CSI, NCIS, Forensic Files and the proliferation of Making a Murderer-style documentaries and Serial-esque podcasts have led to an explosion of college students pursuing degrees in forensic science. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts job growth in the area of 13% through 2032.
The Koppelman Group
APRIL 14, 2024
Duke University is one of the top large research universities in the country, and one of the top athletics programs — arguably — globally. The campus in Durham, North Carolina is home to 6,500 undergraduate students and even more graduate students, making for a lively and large campus community. The top majors at Duke are computer science, economics, and biology, and they field 27 varsity athletic teams.
College Success
APRIL 14, 2024
In my work as an instructor for the University of California – Irvine’s College Counseling Certificate Program and in my conversations with parents and students, people often ask me if students need to “do something” over the summer. Of course, summer is a hiatus from. The post Summer Break: Not Just for Sleeping In appeared first on Kate Sonnenberg College Admissions Success.
BestColleges
APRIL 15, 2024
The university received a $310,000 grant from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans to establish the program. Kentucky's biggest priorities for social work are behavioral health and harmful substance use. If all goes according to plan, the program will launch with specializations in behavioral clinical health and harmful substance use in fall 2025.
College Transitions
APRIL 17, 2024
Spielberg, Tarantino, and Wes Anderson all had to start somewhere. That somewhere is an undergraduate film program where you will hone your skills as a future writer, director, producer, editor, cameraman, and lighting technician.
Emerging College Consulting
APRIL 17, 2024
Explore joy in college admissions with insights from Brennan Barnard's keynote at RMACAC. Discover ways to inspire and support students!
College Success
APRIL 14, 2024
As the application cycle ends, some students may be placed on a waitlist—which can feel like an uncertain middle ground. Here are a few things students (and parents) should consider if waitlisted. Why Colleges Have a Waitlist Waitlists are a way for universities to. The post What To Do If You are Waitlisted appeared first on Kate Sonnenberg College Admissions Success.
BestColleges
APRIL 15, 2024
One of the hallmarks of a college tour is learning about the school's history, including its age. But what if a university is so old that it's unclear when it was founded? That's the case with the University of Oxford — one of the world's most prestigious universities. While we know that Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, the exact timeline of the university's establishment is unclear.
College Transitions
APRIL 17, 2024
Some major in fashion because they dream of one day seeing their creations on the runways of Milan. Others are interested in less glamorous aspects of the field such as retail management, costume design, or photography. Whatever your aim, many believe it essential to study in a fashion mecca like New York City.
The Koppelman Group
APRIL 13, 2024
In the United States, there are the colleges everyone knows about because they’re so old or famous or big that you really can’t avoid knowing them — and then there are the colleges everyone knows about because they are both so beloved, and so hard to get into, that you feel like you never stop hearing about them. Bowdoin is one of the latter. In this post, we’ll break down how to break into Bowdoin if you’re an international student applying to college in the United States.
Berkeley² Academy
APRIL 13, 2024
The first sitting of the new digital SAT occurred last month on March 9, and students recently received their scores. For many test-takers, March SAT results did not align with score expectations. A quick browse of online discussion forums shows that many students scored significantly lower than their practice test averages, resulting in frustration and confusion about the best way forward.
Emerging College Consulting
APRIL 16, 2024
Explore strategies to enhance college decisions, focusing on autonomy, mastery, and purpose to guide students effectively.
College Transitions
APRIL 17, 2024
Opened in 1915, the University of British Columbia has become a global center of teaching, learning, and research. UBC is frequently ranked as one of the world’s top universities, and it is always near the top of the list of the best universities in Canada.
Enrollify
APRIL 16, 2024
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