Extra-Curricular Activities: Ways to Be Involved in Sports Without Playing As you assess the college landscape and prepare for the admissions process, it has become increasingly more important to be involved in extracurricular activities in school. In the U.S., many students enjoy playing sports as an extracurricular activity. Sports teach many valuable lessons such as […]
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The Importance of College Essays in College Admissions How important are essays to the college application process? How can a student prepare for college essays? Essays are a very important part of applying to college because they allow a student to share information that is not found elsewhere in an application. Other than an on-campus […]
The Importance of AP Courses in College Admissions How important are AP courses? Is it important for a student’s AP courses to be related to what they are going to study in college? First, AP courses are college-level courses. They are usually only offered to students in the 11th and 12th grades. These types of […]
Justification for investing in College Admissions Counseling Parents with children in high school are either thinking about college admissions, starting the college application process or are in the middle of the college application process. Wherever a student is in the college admissions process, parents should consider investing in college admissions counseling. The co-founders of UCEazy, […]
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How many AP exams should I take for Ivy League schools? Take as many as you can handle with the consideration of the following: 1) Don’t add additional AP classes just because it looks good on a transcript. What looks good is spending your time on high-impact, meaningful activities outside of one’s high school campus. […]
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Public Universities vs. Private Colleges in the United States After earning a high school degree, there are many post-secondary choices for a student, such as attending a Community College, Public College, or Private College, which includes Ivy League Universities. What are the differences in availability, cost, location, and admissions requirements? We’ve outlined that information for […]
An Introduction to College Admissions in the United States As you and your child consider their future following graduation from high school, it is important to have a clear picture of all the options for a college education. There are more than 4,000 accredited colleges in the United States. Given so many options, we recommend […]
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Huge waste of family money Huge Waste of Family Money Summary: Nationally, students end up wasting more than $200 million every year because of applying to colleges they don’t get accepted to. It’s heart breaking to see low income families wasting their hard earned money and having to make sacrifices that are completely avoidable. This […]
How Do You Build a Winning College Admissions Resume? There are many good reasons to compose a College Admission Resume. A high school resume emphasizes a student’s academic achievements, honors, school activities, community service work, summer jobs, leadership roles, athletic contributions, and performing arts endeavors. A resume can be particularly useful when filling out college […]
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How Do You Leverage Extracurricular Activities for Selective College Admissions? What you do with your free time plays a significant role in the college admissions process. Actually, right after a student’s high school GPA and standardized test scores, extracurricular involvement is the best way for a college to gain a deeper understanding of the person you are, […]
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