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College Admissions Help From A College Admissions Advisor
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What college should I attend? It is a question that confronts high school students every year. The summer 2009 saw the largest graduating class ever, with more than 3.3 million students receiving their diplomas. Should I go to Mom’s or Dad’s alma mater…attend the institution that my brother or sister attend? Should I go where I have the best college admission chances or where my college counselor suggests? Maybe I will just go to the school of my favorite sports team.(read
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Good Grades And Good Test Scores . . . Isn't That Enough For College Admissions Officers?
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College Admissions Help from a College Admissions Advisor
Whereas it is true that most college admissions committees (ADCOMs) view secondary school (high school) academic performance and standardized test scores (PSAT, SAT, ACT) as the two most important attributes in a college application profile, there has been a growing emphasis on other parts of the application. College counselors will tell you, gone are the days where grades and tests are all that matter to a colleges admission officers.(read
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What Are Colleges Doing About Grade Inflation
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College Admissions Help from a College Admissions Advisor
College Admission Counselors are reporting that high school grade inflation is creating a big challenge for many college admissions committees. In the past, colleges could generally rely on a consistent 4.0 scale that was fairly uniform in most institutions to assess high school performance.(read
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How Does The Candidate Strength Score Compare To The Academic Index
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The Academic Index (described very well in Michelle Hernandez’s book A is for Admission) is an index that Ivy League schools use to level set college admission application profiles for athletes applying to the Ivy League. This index focuses almost exclusively on academic performance and can be a directional indicator of college chances for parents, students, and college counselors. The AI is often a starting point and other “subjective†components are added after to determine strength of a college admission application.(read
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College Admission Counselors
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A new resource is being used by high school college counselors around the country. Admit Insights provides a tool that allows students embarking on the college admission application process to get a personalized report with customized advice, profile assessment, college chances of admission for 1100 colleges, and advice on how to make the application stronger.(read
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