Posted on: 15 Nov 2021
In 1999, Cornell University received just shy of 20,000 applications for a chance to set foot on the Ithaca-based Ivy’s campus at the dawn of the new millennium. Two decades later, nearly 68,000 applicants formally apply each year to the university. UCLA followed a similar pattern, having processed fewer than 36,000 applications in the waning […]
Posted on: 07 Oct 2021
The crescendo of voices imploring that “junior year is the most important ten months of your young life” has likely reached deafening levels by the first time you actually set foot in an 11th grade classroom (or Zoom window, as the case has too often been of late). If past is prologue, junior year is […]
Posted on: 13 Sep 2021
The college admissions process is emotionally taxing for the average teen and their family. Juggling the FAFSA/CSS Profile, essays, standardized tests, demonstrating interest, soliciting recommendations, AP exams, and extracurricular involvement, all while maintaining stellar grades in a rigorous academic program is not an easy task. Yet, for applicants wishing to study music at a university […]
Posted on: 28 Jul 2021
Every year, more than 160,000 high school students apply to receive accommodations on the SAT; more than 85% of those requests are granted. Even with the high odds of approval, navigating the application process can still be rather intimidating. To assist parents of students with IEPs and 504 Service Agreements, we have put together a […]
Posted on: 12 Jul 2021
Cruise around on any highly-selective college’s website and you are likely to find a statement about the freshman class being comprised of students from “all 50 U.S. states and X number of countries.” If the number isn’t 50, it’s likely in the high 40s–after all, there are only so many North Dakota valedictorians to go […]
Posted on: 07 Jul 2021
The global COVID-19 crisis introduced the public to a formerly unheralded group of medical professionals who are now at the forefront of the world’s response to the pandemic. With this enhanced visibility and well-earned praise and admiration, College Transitions has seen increased interest from high school students in careers that relate to the prevention and […]
Posted on: 14 Jun 2021
The act of formulating a clear and decisive plan is as valorized in the college admissions process as it is in most other realms of American life. Highly-selective colleges do generally give an edge to students who profess to have figured out their whole professional life by the tender of age of eighteen and possess […]
Posted on: 07 Jun 2021
Want to know why the growth of international student applications to U.S. schools declined for a fourth straight year during the 2019-20 admissions cycle? To quote South Park—Blame Canada…at least in small part. Of course, declining foreign applications are primarily attributable to international fears at the dawn of the Trump era and, even more so, […]