Posts by Andrew Belasco:
UPenn Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 11 Aug 2023
The University of Pennsylvania accepted 40% of applicants back in 1980—as of 2023, that figure had plummeted to 7.4%. Those wanting to join the Quaker campus a generation ago could gain acceptance simply by producing strong grades and test scores. Today, applicants find themselves in a hyper-competitive admissions process. In 2023-24, they need to find […]
UNC Chapel Hill Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 28 Jul 2023
Those hoping to enter the Tar Heel Class of 2026 faced tougher competition than at any previous time in UNC Chapel Hill history. To quantify this assertion, there were 57,219 first-year applicants for the Class of 2026 and the overall acceptance rate was just 16.8%–less than half the figure seen two decades ago. North Carolinians […]
UC Essay Prompts 2023-24 – Personal Insight Questions
Posted on: 26 Jul 2023
The 2022-23 admissions cycle saw the nine undergraduate University of California campuses collectively attract an all-time record of 245,000+ applications; this represented a double-digit increase from three years prior. Logic would suggest that institutions receiving as many as 174,000 applications (UCLA) would not employ a particularly holistic admissions process. Certainly, not one that would give […]
Vanderbilt Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 25 Jul 2023
With an acceptance rate of just 5.6% for the 2023-24 entering class, Vanderbilt has become one of the more selective schools in the United States. It’s easy for prospective applicants who can claim a 99th percentile score and a position near the top of their high school class to feel overly confident when applying to […]
Should I Apply Test-Optional to College in 2023-24?
Posted on: 21 Jul 2023
Prior to the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, rarely did a single month pass without another well-known college or university making headlines by announcing that it would no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores. COVID-19’s destruction and disruption acted as a powerful accelerant, taking this already-blazing trend to previously unimaginable heights. […]
Boston College Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 20 Jul 2023
EssayBoston College’s 15% acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 is half of what it was just five years ago. Today, accepted students earned an average SAT score of 1511. Additionally, you need an all-around stellar academic resume to get serious consideration at this highly-selective Jesuit university. Writing an excellent Common App and Boston College supplemental […]
How to Get Into Texas A&M: Acceptance Rate and Strategies
Posted on: 14 Jul 2023
The oldest university in the state of Texas, A&M has long outgrown the “Agricultural & Mechanical” portion of its name. More than 40,000 students applicants have applied for the opportunity to attend the College Station campus in each of the past six admissions cycles; back in the year 2000, fewer than 17,000 applied. The Texas […]
UGA Supplemental Essay 2023-24 – Prompt and Advice
Posted on: 14 Jul 2023
Over 43,000 students from around the world applied for a place in the UGA Class of 2027. Further, the EA round in the 2022-23 cycle broke the previous year’s all-time high mark. This means that the UGA supplemental essay may be even more important in 2023-24 than in previous years. Last year, the average incoming […]
