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    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    How Cornell Decides

    Cornell Sun: “Unlike many other colleges, which review all applications from a central undergraduate admissions office, Cornell has a...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Oct 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Fun Facts for Harvard Hopefuls

    The Wall Street Journal: “Harvard’s admissions office pays special attention to recruits from 20 U.S. states labeled internally as...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Oct 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    How Duke Decides

    Duke Today: “Here’s a tip for high school seniors wondering how to ace the essay portion of the college application: Just be yourself.”...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Aug 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Colleges Boost Transfer Acceptances

    The New York Times: “Transfer students — whose challenges have often been ignored in higher education — are feeling a surge in popularity...
    How Legacy Gives A Leg Up
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jul 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    How Legacy Gives A Leg Up

    The Wall Street Journal: “At the University of Notre Dame, the University of Virginia and Georgetown University, the admission rate for...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jun 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Unlocking The Mysteries of The Essay

    The New York Times: “Documents showing that Harvard rated Asian-American applicants lower on personality traits than applicants of other...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Harvard Acceptance Rate Hits New Low

    The Wall Street Journal: “Harvard hit a new low this year—in terms of its acceptance rate. The university admitted 4.6% of applicants, or...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    College Admissions Create Social-Media Moments

    The Wall Street Journal: “Admissions officers are traveling hundreds of miles with a live animal to inform high-school seniors they have...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    The 8-Minute Application Review

    The Wall Street Journal: “As application numbers surge, admissions officers at some elite colleges say they don’t have time to read an...
    Early Ivy Admission Rates Decline
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Early Ivy Admission Rates Decline

    Business Insider: “Another year of early acceptance notifications, another year where the acceptance rates declined. Almost all eight...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Dec 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Unlocking The Mysteries of Admissions

    The New York Times: “It’s a widespread misconception that applicants have an automatic right to be admitted to the school of their choice...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jun 5, 2017
    • 1 min

    When Harvard Rescinds Admissions

    The Harvard Crimson: “Harvard College rescinded admissions offers to at least ten prospective members of the Class of 2021 after the...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 25, 2017
    • 1 min

    Some Schools Are Still Dangling Dollars

    The New York Times: “In the minds of parents and teenagers going through the college application process, May 1 is a magic date. At that...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Apr 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    How Algorithms Are Changing Admissions

    The Atlantic: “While few colleges follow the same admissions playbook, they are all taking their cues from the invisible array of...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Apr 1, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Ivies Become Even More Selective

    The Wall Street Journal: “Some of America’s most exclusive colleges have become even more exclusive. The eight members of the Ivy League...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 30, 2017
    • 1 min

    Rejection & The Art of Disappointment

    The Wall Street Journal: “Claudia Vulliamy, of London, had several rounds of interviews and an overnight stay at Oxford University, where...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    The ‘Moneyballing’ of College Admissions

    The New York Times: “Nearly all colleges … make use of two metrics to gauge student quality: cumulative high school grade point average...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Application Anxiety: Please Don’t Ask About College

    The Wall Street Journal: “Anxiety over college admissions is reaching a fever pitch as high-school seniors await decisions from colleges...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    Elite Colleges Stop Giving AP Credits

    The Wall Street Journal: “Admissions officers from some elite colleges say they still expect to see high-school transcripts loaded with...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Happiness Effect & Social Media for Students

    From a review of The Happiness Effect, by Donna Freitas, in The Wall Street Journal: “The real downside of Facebook, Instagram and their...
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