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You may have heard about the SAT’s new “adversity score.” College Board calls it the Environmental Context Dashboard, and it does not affect the student’s actual SAT score. It’s an attempt to contextualize a student’s score by providing colleges with information about the student’s school and neighborhood. They use 31 measures, none of which includes race or ethnicity. Check out

Based on a comprehensive survey of independent educational consultants, here are the key factors that can make or break your college application: Academic Excellence Personal Character & Growth Beyond the Numbers Practical Considerations See the Results Note: Each institution weighs these factors differently based on their specific mission and needs.

Did you apply early and get deferred? If you applied early action or early decision to your top-choice college, you hoped that your future–at least the fall of 2019–would be clear. But at most schools, the majority of early applicants get deferred to the regular decision pool. That isn’t a bad sign; it usually means that the school wants to

Pro Tips On Writing Your Personal Statement Friday at 20:33 Follow By the admissions staff at Johns Hopkins University Hello high school seniors! We know that writing your essays can seem especially daunting when applying to college. But the essays are a great opportunity to add depth to something that is important to you and address a topic you’re not able

The Common App website was down for a refresh July 27 to 31, but it’s back up and running now with the new 2018-2019 Common App. If you’re a rising senior, you probably started an account through your high school counselor’s office, but if you don’t have an account, you can start one today. Need help setting up the account?

Did your grandfather serve in the military? You may qualify for a scholarship because of that association. Even the Navy Seabees have scholarships available for undergraduate school.

If you want to know how important the college application essay can be, consider this: My daughter was applying to law schools, and the dean at Georgetown invited her to a group interview at Georgetown Law. The group of 12 attendees were to discuss real application scenarios to voice their opinions on whether an applicant should be accepted or not.

If you’ve been waitlisted, congratulations! That means that you haven’t been flat-out denied admission. However, the school may ask you if you’re still interested. Whether or not the school asks you this, if you haven’t ruled that school out, let the admissions office know that you still want to be considered. Colleges have to play a numbers game, and that

The Washington Post ran a story at the end of December 2017 that allowed readers an inside look at the “holistic” process of admissions at the University of Maryland in College Park. “Thirty thousand applicants, one flagship university” Some highlights from the article: The applications are randomly distributed among 35 people on the admissions team, including 14 seasonal hires, who