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What to know about Deferring College | Image

What to know about Deferring College

By Solomon Team / 04/27/2022

College is the best four years of your life, and so the saying goes. For many planning to pursue college, doing so directly after high school is, in the most traditional sense, the natural progression. But, over the past several years’ colleges have begun seeing a shift. Whether it be Covid or other reasons, more…

Starting A Student Organization

By Solomon Team / 04/27/2022

Extracurricular activities are an important part of the college application. Starting a student organization is a solid demonstration of leadership, initiative, and creativity. If no group, club, or organization reflecting a student’s interest exists at their high school, beginning one will not only fill a gap in the school community but may well extend into…

How Important Are Legacy College Admissions? | Image

How Important Are Legacy College Admissions?

By Solomon Team / 04/26/2022

Legacy preference continues to be a hot-button issue for applicants to highly selective colleges and universities. Whether the consideration of legacy status in the admissions process is encouraging or discouraging to the applicant, it is increasingly coming under scrutiny. However, despite concerns of nepotism, most colleges do consider an applicant’s legacy status in the admissions…

5 Things High School Juniors Need To Do To Prep For College Admissions | Image

5 Things High School Juniors Need To Do To Prep For College Admissions

By Solomon Team / 02/22/2022

Congratulations! You’ve either made it to junior year in high school or will be starting soon. The journey likely hasn’t been straightforward, and you’ve heard (correctly) that junior year will have a BIG impact on your college acceptances. With that in mind, this article will explore the five things high school juniors need to do…

All About SSAT Scoring: What is a Good Score On The SSAT Private School Admissions Test? | Image

All About SSAT Scoring: What is a Good Score On The SSAT Private School Admissions Test?

By Solomon Team / 02/22/2022

The Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) is the required entrance exam that leads to enrollment in some of the world’s best independent schools. It is undoubtedly an important test, so students and parents are naturally anxious when it comes to the Score Report. Upon receiving the Score Report, most parents are eager to know if…

How Does Applying Early Decision or Early Action Affect Your Application?

How Does Applying Early Decision or Early Action Affect Your Application?

By Solomon Team / 02/22/2022

Both Early Decision and Early Action are becoming increasingly popular options for applicants, for good reason. At many colleges, as many as a third or more of the entering class may have been admitted under one or the other of these programs, with admission rates that may be two to three times higher than the…

How Do Admission Officers Make Decisions When Applicants Are Similar?

How Do Admission Officers Make Decisions When Applicants Are Similar?

By Solomon Team / 02/22/2022

When all factors are similar, it may seem very hard but the most unique thing about the application review is how the student chose to tell their story; how they decided to weave all the pieces together to make their (hopefully) indelible mark on the application reader. The admissions reader is left with deciding whether…

4 Things You Should Do Now If You Want To Be A Recruited Athlete | Image

4 Things You Should Do Now If You Want To Be A Recruited Athlete

By Solomon Team / 02/22/2022

Millions of high school students play all kinds of sports, but only a small percentage will become a “recruited” athlete with the possibility of earning a college scholarship. Here are some tips that might help:

How To Transfer to the Ivy League | Image

How To Transfer to the Ivy League

By Solomon Team / 12/13/2021

Transferring to the Ivy League is a great college application strategy – especially now during the COVID-19 era when there is so much uncertainty in higher education. Many of the Ivy League schools recruit transfer students to add diversity and enhance the numbers of students in particular majors – including those that were undersubscribed in…

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!!!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!!!

By Solomon Team / 12/13/2021

With April approaching, high school seniors across the country and the world are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their fat envelopes. It’s an annual ritual where they will rush home from school to stalk the mailman with the hope that an admissions offer, usually packaged in a fat envelope, is in the mailbox. With tremendous…