MIT is beginning a pilot admission program (Fall 2015) called an inverted admission process. The MIT pilot is for admission to a master’s degree in...
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Help with Two Important College Interview Questions
College interviews are used to determine your fit with a college and its fit with you. College interviews are not about auditioning you as student;...
New Help to Get Into More Selective Colleges for Everyone
A new coalition of 80 colleges including 8 Ivy Leagues has formed with the idea of making college more accessible to underprivileged and low income...
Some Advice for Writing your College Essay
Writing the college application essay is hard. It is not like any essay you have written for a high school English class: it’s not a five-paragraph...
The Best College Admission Essays
Not many student applicants to college know what to write when it comes to doing their college admission essay. Yes, the Common Application offers...
How Do Elite Universities Evaluate your Application?
In a recently published book Behind the Ivy Curtain: A Data Diven Guide to Elite College Admissions Aayush Upadhyay looked at data for nearly 5,000...
How to Ace the College Interview
College interviews may seem scary, but most college applicants come away from the interview reporting it went well; either the admissions officer or...
What Makes a College Application Essay Successful?
In cutthroat competition for admission to selective colleges, a great application essay can make the difference. AdmitSee is a new online presence...
Your College Application: Extracurricular Activities
Every college application will ask you to enumerate your high school extracurricular activities. Of course! You are a person beyond the classroom...
Make Your College Essay the Best
There are so many things to think about when writing your college application essay: the right prompt, the right topic, the length, the content, the...