by Susan Osborn | Dec 5, 2019 | College Admissions
How to Get into University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is one of the eight Ivy League universities (along with Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown, Princeton, Cornell, Yale, and Columbia). As such, it’s hard to get into. It’s not easy to get into Penn, but...
by Susan Osborn | Dec 1, 2019 | College Admissions
Colleges Without Supplemental Essays With the regular decision deadline just weeks away, students need to work fast to get all the required application essays written. In addition to the Common App essay / Coalition App essay, many colleges require 3-5 (if not...
by Susan Osborn | Nov 11, 2019 | College Admissions, SAT/ACT Test Prep
Creative College Application Essay Prompts So the regular decision application deadline is looming and you still haven’t landed on a topic for your Common Application essay /Coalition Application essay. Your parents are thinking you may never get it done, and you’re...
by Susan Osborn | Nov 5, 2019 | College Admissions, SAT/ACT Test Prep
Colleges with the Highest SAT Scores During the past year and a half, a number of elite colleges including, most notably, the University of Chicago, dropped the SAT/ACT requirement for applicants. However, according to a recent poll conducted by the National...
by Susan Osborn | Oct 12, 2019 | College Admissions
What Admissions Directors Think The findings of the 2019 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Admissions Officials were recently released, and they indicate considerable concern among the 336 admissions directors who responded about a wide array...
by Susan Osborn | Oct 1, 2019 | College Admissions
College Applications: How to Use the Additional Information Section of the Common App to Get an Extra Edge In this era of unprecedented competition for college admission, it’s important to exploit every available opportunity to get an extra edge on your competitors,...
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