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Category Archives: college applications
Want to go to an Ivy League?
“The path to the Ivy League is most successfully traveled through exclusive private schools,” according to CBS Market Watch. In fact, their research showed that of the 100 U.S. high schools sending the highest percentage of students to Harvard, Yale … Continue reading
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New SAT or ACT…It’s Time to Choose!
You’ve taken the PSAT, so now it’s time to gear up for the SAT…or the ACT. No need to prep for both. Virtually every college accepts both ACT and SAT equally and use the concordance tables to compare the score … Continue reading
Skills Every 18 Year Old Needs
As parents, when our child encounters frustration or anxiety, our first instinct is to swoop in and solve the problem. This need to protect, however well intended, has created a generation of children without coping skills. Let’s hear from an … Continue reading
Private Schools Road to Ivy Leagues
While it is true that fewer than 9% of applicants were accepted into an Ivy League school last year, some high schools sent over 46% of their students to an Ivy, Stanford or MIT. According to CBS Market Watch, “The … Continue reading
Waiting for Private School Admissions
After months of researching, preparing, applying, testing, and interviewing, there is nothing left to do now but wait. We want to give families some behind-the-scenes insight about what is going on as final decisions are being made. Despite this being … Continue reading
Grammar Hints for Application Essay
You may or may not be having trouble getting off the ground with your application essay, but when it’s time for the polish, here are some basic language rules to keep in mind:Never use the word that when referring to … Continue reading
What Do Colleges Look For?
A rigorous high school curriculum that challenges the student and may include AP or IB classes. Grades that represent a strong effort and an upward trend. However, slightly lower grades in a rigorous program are preferred to all A’s in … Continue reading
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Is the ACT Right for You?
More people took the ACT than the SAT last year- there are reasons- Most colleges now take both the ACT and the SAT ACT used to be more common on the east coast, now is becoming more popular here, although … Continue reading
Reach for the Stars!
Congratulations to Our Class of 2013 Academic Achievers is proud to announce some of the colleges our students were accepted to this year: UC Berkeley, USC, Drexel, Columbia, University of Chicago, Penn, UC Santa Cruz, University of Miami, Sarah Lawrence, … Continue reading
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