Much like the Ivy League colleges, Stanford, and MIT, the University of Chicago rejects many applicants who possess near-perfect (or perfect) test scores, grades, and extracurricular profiles. To further quantify this assertion, UChicago turned away 19 of every 20 applicants last year. Yet, for those who can’t bury their...
Read MoreCarnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of the most competitive private universities in the country. They reject close to 9 of every 10 applicants who apply to join CMU as a freshman. On the transfer admissions front, the numbers are similarly selective. This blog will share the...
Read MoreUCLA is a school with a single-digit acceptance rate for freshman applicants. However, unlike at other elite universities like Stanford or Harvard, transferring into UCLA is a proposition with fairly reasonable odds. In fact, UCLA admits 5,000-6,000 applicants every year. In further good news, acceptance rates for transfers at...
Read MoreA good internship offers practical, immersive ways for students to understand what is required of a certain career and field. And high school is often an ideal time for students to familiarize themselves with what they may want to pursue in their future academic and professional years. This holds...
Read MoreCommas, semicolons, colons, and em-dashes: what are we supposed to do with all this punctuation? And how could you, a simple student, possibly learn all the rules you need to learn for the SAT and ACT before you take it? In reality, it’s much simpler than you might think....
Read MoreFor those applying as first-year applicants, Rice University has a single-digit acceptance rate. These high standards leave many aspiring Owls outside of the nest. However, not everyone is ready to give up on their dream of one day attending Rice. While the Rice transfer acceptance rate is often similar...
Read MoreRanked among the top 30 public universities in the country, Texas A&M draws a competitive applicant pool for coveted spots in their freshman class. This includes almost 8,000 out-of-state applicants and over 1,700 international applicants. If College Station is your dream postsecondary location but you are unable to gain...
Read MoreFor entry in the fall of 2023, the middle-50% of successful freshman applicants to the University of Washington had a 3.75-3.98 GPA and a 1410 SAT. If you fell short of these numbers and weren’t offered a spot at the Seattle campus directly out of high school, you can...
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