The Information Session is an integral part of the campus visit experience. In essence, this is the “dog and pony show” of the admissions office. Each college runs these a bit differently. Sometimes you’ll have to sit through a slick marketing video (which is probably available off the college’s website, too). Sometimes, a student panel [...]
Read full post...Planning a good college visit takes some time and thought. The visit is an opportunity for you to gather information that will help you in making an extraordinarily important decision: which college will you attend? You need to carefully consider your goals. What questions do you want answered? What facilities will mean the most to [...]
Read full post...Tufts University is making a buzz from its new admissions option. Instead of writing yet another essay (Tufts requires quite a few), applicants were given the option of sending a 1 minute YouTube video.
More than 1,000 applicants took the challenge. This practice may revolutionize admissions. I wonder how many other colleges will [...]
Yesterday’s post focused on articles commenting on the increase in application numbers at top-ranked institutions. The Philadelphia Inquirer also published an article on application increases at colleges and universities in the area. One interesting note with this article is that the University of Pennsylvania saw a 22 percent increase in applications from California. While Swathmore [...]
Read full post...One hidden, but very important part of my job is to keep up with trends in how colleges are managed. This arcane stuff may seem irrelevant for a college counselor, but it helps me understand the larger context in which college admissions offices make their decisions.
An article today from Inside Higher Ed reports on [...]
Last week, the NY Times published an article on quadruplets who were all recently accepted to Yale. The article describes the scene of Ray, Kenny, Carol and Martina Crouch all logging into the Yale website to see if they were admitted. I can only imagine how agonizing it must have been for all four siblings [...]
Read full post...The NY Times posts early admissions statistics from some colleges‘. It is interesting information to browse through. Make sure to also read the “Comments of the Moment” on the right side of the page.
Katherine Price
Educational Consultant
So you finally received the letter in the mail. You applied early to your favorite schools and you thought your college admission process would be done by the end of December. But the letter you received isn’t a straight acceptance or rejection, it is somewhere in the middle. You have been deferred. What do you [...]
Read full post...It all began last month with news that the University of California’s Board of Regents voted to raise tuition by 32% next fall. An article in the NY Times illustrated how hundreds of student protesters voiced concerns regarding the tuition increase. Students commented on how the increase will affect the diversity on campus, especially since [...]
Read full post...American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
Presents
Mark A. Montgomery, PhD
Independent College Consultant
Lunch and Learn Presentation:
Choosing the Right College in the US: Strategies for Success
February 3, 2010 (Wednesday)
12:00 to 2:00 pm
AmCham Office
Conference Room
1904 Bank of America Tower
12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong
Most conversations about college admission begin with “how can I [...]