Posts by Andrew Belasco:

Best Colleges for Pre-Med Students

Posted on: 23 Jun 2022

Over the past decade, our team at College Transitions has guided hundreds of aspiring physicians toward the best pre-med schools; undergraduate colleges and universities that will serve as ideal springboards into medical school. How/where you spend those four years will determine whether you are ultimately admitted to a school of medicine. Acceptance rates at medical […]

How to Get Into West Point: Admissions Data & Strategies

Posted on: 21 Jun 2022

During the Revolutionary War, George Washington identified a plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 50 miles north of New York City, as the single most important strategic position in all of nascent America. Despite the best treasonous efforts of Benedict Arnold to hand over the newly-fortified lands to the British, the […]

Questions to Ask College Admissions Officers

Posted on: 12 Jun 2022

Caught up in the throes of the college search process, most teens are far more worried about what their prospective colleges might ask them in an admissions interview than what they, as a prospective student, should be asking of the school’s representatives. We encourage our clients to flip this mindset 180 degrees and shine the […]

How to Email an Admissions Officer

Posted on: 11 Jun 2022

Typically, there are two reasons that a prospective college student would want to email a college admissions officer: 1) They have a legitimate question that they are genuinely not able to find the answer to online, or 2) they are “playing the game” by demonstrating interest, an increasingly important factor in college admissions decisions. Ideally, […]

5 Tips to Jump-Start your College Applications this Summer

Posted on: 20 May 2022

For many teens, the summer is a time to work extra hours at your job, attend a summer program, vacation with family, or simply enjoy a respite from the hectic pace of the academic year.  Fortunately, thanks to improving conditions in the battle against COVID-19 in the United States, most of these pre-pandemic summer activities […]

The Admissions Impact of Your College Major Selection

Posted on: 14 Apr 2022

As the calendar turns to April, Emily, a high school senior and aspiring engineering student on the East Coast with phenomenal test scores (1530 SAT) and near-perfect grades (in mostly AP courses) begins to hear back from her prospective colleges. First, she receives rejection letters from Purdue and UIUC, two schools with overall acceptance rates […]

How to Get Into NC State University: Admissions Data and Strategies

Posted on: 28 Feb 2022

North Carolina State University is a large public research university that forms one corner of the so-called Research Triangle, along with Duke University and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. With almost 25,000 undergraduates, NC State’s Raleigh campus is bustling with activity and innovation. The highly-ranked business, engineering, and computer science programs are a huge […]

How to Get Accepted Into a BS/MD Program

Posted on: 25 Feb 2022

The traditional course for any teen interested in becoming a medical doctor is to first apply to an undergraduate school with a solid program in the hard sciences. Majors for future MDs vary and, interestingly, the average MCAT scores of those majoring the humanities or social sciences are actually just as high as those concentrating […]