Congratulations! What? The University of Maryland has a somewhat bewildering array of offers of admission to their Early Action applicants. (You pretty much have to apply Early Action because UMD selects 90 percent of their freshman class from that pool.) One possibility is that you get into one of their 12 Limited Enrollment Programs (LEPs). Another is that you didn’t

Early action applicants to the University of Maryland, College Park, got their answers the end of January. Several positive outcomes were possible, but what do these outcomes mean? Limited Enrollment Programs Students who applied to a Limited Enrollment Program (LEP), like engineering, psychology, or computer science, may have been admitted to the university but not the LEP. If you’re told

Syracuse University has a strong support system for students with learning differences. Staff point out that students transitioning from high school to college should expect to find differences in student responsibilities, parent roles, types of accommodations, and teacher engagement. However, landing at Syracuse might be softer than landing at a school that provides only what the law requires. If you’re

Harvey Mudd College is the STEM school of the five undergraduates schools within the Claremont Colleges, joining Pitzer, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pomona. These schools, plus two graduate institutes, lie within a square mile 35 miles east of Los Angeles. With about 6,000 undergraduates among them, the Claremont Colleges share 2,000 courses for cross-registration and run the same schedule. In

The bottom lines:  1. Be careful about the conclusions you draw from numbers showing that a greater percentage of admitted students submitted test scores. Test scores often correlate to achievement in the classroom, so those with high scores most often have high GPAs in rigorous classes. 2. Test scores don’t drive admissions decisions.  3. Private schools have more latitude in

College Essay Guy The College Essay Guy, Ethan Sawyer, collaborated with financial aid expert Jeff Levy and others to put together this simple guide to paying for college. Check it out at the link below: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/paying-for-college/home

The RPI Open House Nov. 14 conveyed the strength and flexibility of its programs. Rensselaer, in Troy, New York, comprises six schools: Engineering; Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; the Lally School of Management; the School of Science; and Information Technology and Web Sciences. Apply by December 1 to receive $5,000 added to your financial aid package if you’re admitted.  Rensselaer

Rick Clark, director of undergraduate admissions for the highly selective Georgia Tech, always writes an engaging blog, but this one is a gem! I love the photo of his daughter. On Sunday after lunch, I was watching college football highlights, when the back-and-forth battle in Happy Valley between the University of Illinois and Penn State came on. At the time,

From The Chronicle of Higher Education Reporter’s Notebook: The weakening grip of standardized tests. From our Eric Hoover: Since March 2020, I’ve written more articles about standardized testing than about anything else in the admissions realm. After all, the pandemic forced many colleges to rethink their longstanding reliance on the ACT and SAT — and the human toll of requiring high-stakes exams. No, college-entrance

Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan college fair, Sept. 20, 2021 Bryant University has a long history dating all the way back to 1863. Our original campus was in downtown Providence, right where the campus of Brown University sits today, and then the early 1970s we moved our campus right up the road to Smithfield, Rhode Island. Earl Tupper, who was the