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January 18, 2023
Welcome to College Transitions’ first look at early round acceptance rates at Ivy League and other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2022-23 cycle. As of this posting in...
January 13, 2023
The ‘90s: birth decade of Tamagotchis, Game Boy, The Spice Girls’ debut album, and…Python. Although the first three have been relegated to attic nostalgia status, Python’s popularity and number...
December 14, 2022
You shed any Prufrockian paralysis and boldly confess your undying love to the college of your dreams. By applying early decision you’ve offered them 100% commitment and devotion with...
November 1, 2022
The run-up to the November 1st early action (EA) and early decision (ED) deadlines at the majority of colleges is, for many students, one of the most stressful times...
October 3, 2022
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the Common App Activities Section is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies...
September 14, 2022
Early Decision is quickly becoming a misnomer. An increasing number of highly selective institutions have initiated a second round of binding admission programs, giving students another chance to commit...
August 23, 2022
The Common App went live on August 1, 2022 which means those applying to college for the 2022-23 cycle can begin completing the main sections of the Common App....
August 21, 2022
With COVID-19 having been an omnipresent force in all of our lives, including the entire educational universe, it should come as little surprise that the virus even managed to...
August 16, 2022
Sometimes it takes unspeakably tragic events to bring the existence of a widespread problem into the national conversation. In the past decade, highly-publicized suicides at Penn, Hamilton College, MIT,...
In autumn of 1995, Ohio State University welcomed a typical freshman class of 5,794 individuals to campus. Ninety percent of this Buckeye cohort were Ohio residents and they carried...
August 15, 2022
Less than 10 miles from Boston, Brandeis University is yet another high-end option in a geographical region teeming with elite schools. Founded by the American-Jewish community in 1948, this...
August 14, 2022
After battling through the epic journey of the college application process, with all its emotional twists and turns, the torturous anticipation, the potential heaven of acceptance or hell of...
August 12, 2022
With over 38,000 total undergraduates, Michigan State University caters to more BA/BS-pursuing students than its in-state rival, the University of Michigan. The Michigan State acceptance rate is 83%, four...
The Common App Additional Information section appears to be a 650-word oasis amidst a desert of Draconian character limits. Yet, this inviting expanse of brag-sheet real estate should not...
August 10, 2022
The United States is filled with excellent schools that are extremely hard to get into. There are also a solid number of excellent schools that accept the vast majority...
July 29, 2022
UMass Amherst is one the top public universities on the East Coast. Yet, in 2022, as acceptance rates at highly-ranked schools plummet nationwide, the University of Massachusetts still lets...
July 26, 2022
UConn received over 40,000 applications for the Class of 2026. This was the highest number in school history. For further context, two decades ago, the school received 10,000 applications....
July 25, 2022
Pepperdine University is a rare institution that is ranked by U.S. News as a top 50 school and also had an acceptance rate over 50% last year. This private...
July 20, 2022
Colleges love to throw around high-minded words like meritocracy, access, and egalitarianism when discussing admissions policies. Yet proclamations of a focus on social justice and opportunity ring a bit...
July 19, 2022
Located 60 miles east of New York City, Stony Brook University boasts the largest campus of any public school in the state of New York. One of two flagship...
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