Posts by Andrew Belasco:
Duke Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 14 Aug 2023
With a 5.9% acceptance rate, getting into Duke in 2023-24 is now as daunting a challenge as gaining acceptance into just about any Ivy League school. While Duke University may immediately conjure up images of the “Cameron Crazies” decked out in devil masks and blue face paint, make no mistake—those rowdy-looking students are really as […]
Stanford Supplemental Essays 2023-24 – Prompts and Advice
Posted on: 14 Aug 2023
With an acceptance rate of 3.68% in 2023, Stanford University is in a league of selectivity with only a handful of other schools including Harvard, MIT, and Princeton. At Stanford, the median SAT is a 1500 and 96% hail from the top 10% of their high school class. As a result, you need more than just […]
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 […]
