How to Get Into UC-Santa Barbara (UCSB): Admissions Data and Strategies
Ranked by U.S. News as one of the Top 5 public universities in the nation and a Top 30 overall national university, the University of California—Santa Barbara now attracts six-figures worth of applications each and…
How to Get Into Caltech: Data & Admissions Strategies
A popular filming location for shows/movies about brilliant young scientists (Big Bang Theory, Numb3rs, Real Genius, and countless others), the California Institute of Technology is a magnet for the most accomplished STEM minds in the…
How to Complete the Honors Section of the Common App
Depending on your circumstances, the five allotted entries in the Honors section of the Common Application can look like anything from a frighteningly vast and boundless ocean to a maddeningly constrictive kiddie pool. “Normal” high…
How to Get Into Northeastern: Admissions Data and Strategies
Anyone who went to college thirty, twenty, or even ten years ago, would likely be shocked if you told them that Northeastern University, once viewed as more of a commuter school than a nationally-recognized institution,…
How to Get Into MIT: Data & Admissions Strategies
Most of the 33,000+ annual applicants to MIT would qualify as “geniuses” when measured by sheer IQ and traditional academic achievement. Yet, only 4% of this highly-capable applicant pool gets in each year. Back in…
How to Get Into Colgate University: Admissions Data & Strategies
Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has long been a highly-selective liberal arts school, but its popularity among top-of-their-class teens has exploded in the last couple of years. In fact, they have seen a 146%…
How to Get Into Dartmouth: Admissions Data and Strategies
Throughout the ’90s Dartmouth College sported an acceptance rate between 21% and 26%. By around 2010, that figure had fallen to 12-13%. In 2022, the school posted a 6% admit rate for the second consecutive…
How to Get Into Emory University: Admissions Data and Strategies
In 1990, The New York Times published an article entitled, “With Money and Talent, Emory Raises Its Status”. The accelerated growth began when Coca Cola magnate, Robert Woodruff, donated over 100 million dollars to the…