by Susan Osborn | May 24, 2020 | College Admissions
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted every aspect of American life, including higher education. As a result, many are wondering what college life will look like this fall. Will the Ivy League and other colleges be open for business as usual in the fall? Most...
by Susan Osborn | May 16, 2020 | College Admissions
In 2017, I wrote an article titled “Why Students Should Start Working on Common Application Essays the Summer Before Senior Year.” Because the Common Application essay is an essay the likes of which you’ve never written, in that article, I strongly encouraged rising...
by Susan Osborn | May 10, 2020 | College Admissions
In a recent Fox Business report titled “Coronavirus is Changing the College Admissions Process, Especially for Elite Schools,” Ann Schmidt suggested that college applicants’ chances at admission will be significantly handicapped this year due to coronavirus test...
by Susan Osborn | May 3, 2020 | College Admissions
During the past few weeks, Cornell University, along with a number of other top-tier colleges and universities, announced that students applying to Cornell this year will not be required to submit SAT or ACT scores as part of their admissions applications. This...
by Susan Osborn | Apr 20, 2020 | College Admissions
After years of record low acceptance rates, this spring, Harvard University, Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania posted increased acceptance rates for the first-year class that will begin in the fall of 2020. This comes as a surprise to many who...
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