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April 1st is the last day for colleges to release their admissions decisions for the Class of 2021. Many top colleges release their admissions decisions earlier, however. For example, MIT, UChicago, CalTech, and Georgia Tech are among the top colleges with earlier release dates for their freshman college admissions decisions. The Ivy League will be releasing […]

Over the past decade, acceptance rates fell by half at top colleges across the country. As many colleges receive an increase in applications each year (one college now breaking 100,000), this trend is likely to continue. What does this mean for you? If you are applying to college next year, this trend is important to consider. As colleges become […]

Recently, I reported that the Ivy League received a historic number of early applications—breaking admissions records. This resulted in six of the eight Ivy League colleges reporting record-low early acceptance rates. The increase in applications continued to the Regular Decision round, and it is expected that the Ivy League will again report lower acceptance rates from last […]

If you are a high school junior, there are only seven months left to impress your colleges before applications go live next August. With most of the top colleges, including all of the Ivy League, reporting a record number of applicants this year, I expect next year to be even more competitive for current high school juniors. […]

Each of the Ivy League colleges reported a record number of early applicants for the Class of 2021, making it the most competitive early applicant pool in the Ivy League’s history. So far, all of the Ivy League colleges, with the exception of Dartmouth and Yale, reported lower acceptance rates. It comes as no surprise […]

If you are a high school junior, winter break is an ideal time to catch up on your college preparations or get an extra edge ahead of the competition. As a junior in high school, there are only a few months remaining before you apply to college. Therefore, how you spend your remaining time can […]

When should you submit your college application? Is it more advantageous to be the first or last student to apply? The answer: It often does not matter. Many seniors and their families believe a student should submit their application as soon as possible—giving the college more time to review the application to increase the likeliness […]

Welcome to the college admissions race. If you are applying to college, you are familiar with this competition. Students are applying to more colleges than ever before, with many students now applying to over 20 colleges. As a result, the competition at the country’s top colleges is growing, and they are becoming increasingly selective every […]

Not all information about college admissions is true. When applying to top, selective colleges, such as those among the Ivy League, every detail must be correctly completed, as the competition leaves little room for mistakes. Unfortunately, there is an abundance of false, inaccurate, and even contradicting information available. This has caused a “frenzy” throughout the college […]

The Ivy Dean had another successful year of college acceptances! For the 2015-2016 college admissions cycle, all of my students got accepted to a top college and many to the Ivy League. Among the many acceptances, The Ivy Dean’s students got accepted to colleges such as: Columbia Harvard Cornell Duke Johns Hopkins MIT Tufts Northeastern […]