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    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    Vanderbilt: Where Disabilities Are Not Disadvantages

    Forbes: “According to Think College, a national organization dedicated to developing college opportunities for individuals with...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Alt-SAT/ACT: The CLT (Classic Learning Test)

    Real Clear Education: “Starting a company from scratch that’s able to compete with the long-entrenched SAT and ACT in the...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    Successful Applications Are Matter of Fact

    Daily Pennsylvanian: “Like most universities, Penn does not have a standard system for fact-checking applications. Admissions officers...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    Night of the Living Deadlines

    The Wall Street Journal: “The deadline to apply for admission to Oberlin College was Jan. 15. Until it wasn’t. The Ohio liberal-arts...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Boston College Adds ‘Early Decision’

    BC News: “Boston College will introduce an Early Decision program for undergraduate admission this year, in an effort to meet the growing...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ivies Trim Early Acceptances

    The Daily Pennsylvanian: “Every Ivy League school that has released its early admissions data saw declines in their early acceptances...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    Community College Transfers Soar at Elite Schools

    The Atlantic: A new study “finds that graduation rates of community-college transfers meet or exceed those of students who enroll at...
    Who’s The Most Selective Of Them All?
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Who’s The Most Selective Of Them All?

    Not surprising, the top five are: Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Yale and Princeton. You can review the complete list here.
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    UMass: ‘ZooMass’ No More?

    The Boston Globe: “In boosting its academic profile, UMass is following the path previously taken by several local private colleges,...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Round 1: Early Applications Jump Again

    The Washington Post: “At the University of Virginia, most applications arrive by Nov. 1 for the first round of freshman admissions. There...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    How Many APs Is AP-propriate?

    US News: “Advanced Placement classes can set applicants apart in a competitive college admissions environment, demonstrating the ability...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Admissions Tip: Making the Grade with GPA

    Jeffrey J. Selingo: “A recent survey of college admissions officers found that nothing carries more weight in deciding which applicants...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    Tell The Truth: They Know When You are Lying

    The New York Times: “The Common Application asks students to certify that they are telling the truth, but does not try to independently...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    What to Do When You Are Deferred?

    Yale: “Students who apply early will receive one of three decisions in mid-December: Accept, Defer, or Deny … Here’s the deal. A deferral...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    Will Algorithms Change Admissions?

    USA Today: “Relax, the robots aren’t coming for college admissions quite yet. Real people will still be deciding on applicants for quite...
    Grade Inflation: Putting the ‘Grit’ Back in GPA
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    Grade Inflation: Putting the ‘Grit’ Back in GPA

    Mitch Daniels: “In many cases, the GPA proves to be a reliable indicator of discipline, persistence and resilience — characteristics...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Nov 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Aw, Snap: Admissions Interest in Social Media Drops

    Adweek: “The emergence of social platforms and features where content disappears or is not easily available for viewing by people who are...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Nov 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Hello, Iowa: The Original Cornell

    Cornell Daily Sun: “When Martin Rosenfeld was still a high school senior, his college application list included an Ivy League school in...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Nov 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    How Clemson Decides

    Independent Mail: “From 2008 to 2018, the number of freshmen applications to Clemson University increased 85 percent. Although the school...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Nov 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Acceptance May Be Easier Than You Think

    Inside Higher Ed: “The annual ‘State of College Admission’ report is important for several reasons. One is that it dispels the myth —...
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