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An Insider’s Insight into Applying for Scholarships
Scholarships both big and small can be extremely helpful in making a college education more accessible. Read our top tips for winning one.
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A Surprising Number of Colleges Accept Applications After January 15
Although the application deadline for most colleges and universities is either January 1 or January 15, this is not true across the board. Several colleges accept applications after this date, meaning that students can further expand their options by applying to any of the great colleges with deadlines that fall later in the year.
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Early Acceptance Rates for the Class of 2024 at the Nation’s Top Colleges
Here are the early acceptance rates for the top 30 U.S. universities and colleges that offer an early action or decision program, in order of their national rankings.
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How Your College Choice Affects Your Earning Potential
For the first time ever, the government has published very valuable financial information about college graduates in a new College Scorecard, which reveals average student debt levels and income.
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Applied to College Early? Don’t Stop Now
No matter how strong your application, and no matter how much you want to attend a particular school, the best approach is to keep your options open by continuing to apply during the regular admissions cycle.
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Some College Counselors Are Better Than Others. Here’s How to Identify a Good One
These four signs will help you know whether or not a college counseling company is legitimate.
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Four Things Worth Considering When Choosing a College
For students preparing to begin their post-secondary studies, April signals the final stage of the college admissions process: selecting the college they will attend in September. By now, most schools have notified applicants of their admissions status, and prospective students must accept or decline their offers by May 1. After enduring many months of anxiety […]
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How The Ivy Dean Has Maintained Success for 10 Years
The start of a new year is always exciting for me, but ringing in 2019 has been particularly special: this year marks The Ivy Dean’s 10th anniversary. My company has had the privilege of helping students across the country get into their top colleges for the past decade, and to say that it has been […]
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Three Things to Know About Alumni Interviews
If you submitted one or more college applications before the early application deadline (November 1), you have probably started thinking about the next stage of the application process: alumni interviews. This interview is where you, a prospective student, can speak with a graduate of a school you applied to – and though it does not […]
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Applying to College? Good Grades Alone Aren’t Enough
At one point or another, most high school students dream of attending a top-rated college. It’s hard to resist the temptation to imagine what it would be like to study at one of the most prestigious higher-education institutions in the country, like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia or Brown. However, it is harder, of course, to […]
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On paper, I am by no means a perfect student. However, thanks to my Application Positioning, I was able to maximize the strengths that I bring to a college to compensate for other factors. Thanks to The Ivy Dean Team, I will be attending Princeton University, my dream school, in the fall.
Dee provided excellent advice and guidance throughout the application process. Her overall expertise in admissions, professionalism and warmth made the experience a great one. I was thrilled that I was accepted to several of the most selective colleges in the country and will be attending Stanford in the fall.”