How many of you know whether the colleges you want to apply to require or recommend the SAT Subject Area Exams? And what are the Subject area exams, and when should students take them? In general, a perusal of the admissions requirements reveals that the mainly more competitive schools require or recommend them. For example, in Pennsylvania, Carnegie…
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Making Decisions about Admissions to Highly Competitive Liberal Arts Colleges
It’s summer and the class of 2019, particularly those seeking admissions to highly competitive colleges and universities, are finalizing their lists. Many will spend the summer visiting those top twenty schools they’ve identified as right for each of them, hoping to narrow the choices down to nine or ten schools to which they will apply –…
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PBS reports Colleges Using Big Data info such as Facebook Friends & Pics to Shape Admission Decisions
According to the PBS News Hour, for several years, colleges and universities have been encouraging prospective students to connect with faculty and current students at colleges such as Ithaca and Sarah Lawrence and analyzing the results. They use the data to predict the likelihood of which kinds of students were most likely to enroll and…
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