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The stress and anxiety of waiting are finally over. You’ve received that much-hoped-for college admission acceptance letter. Or maybe you’ve received multiple acceptance letters. Now it’s time to prepare for a new phase in your life, as a college student. Here are a few things you need to do after you’ve received one or more …

Receiving a letter saying you are on the college waitlist can put you in a quandary, more so if it is from your first-choice college. Should you wait in the hope that you will get a seat or should you enroll in another college that accepted you? It’s a tough choice to make. Here are …

LSAT stands for Law School Admission Test. This is a standardized exam for admission into law school. Along with your GPA, your LSAT score is among the crucial factors that law schools will take into consideration when assessing your application. The 4-hour exam is broken up into 4 sections. The questions in the first and …

Every college has its own policy for how generous they are with financial aid. Who requires financial assistance to attend their program? With regards to financial assistance, most colleges have two distinct types of admissions policies—Need-aware and Need-blind. Need-Aware Admissions Need-aware colleges make most of their admissions decisions by taking into account the student’s or …

While it certainly isn’t as common as being admitted in the fall, spring admissions are options at many colleges and universities across the country. Put simply, it means that students are admitted to a school for the spring semester. This is generally a smaller admittance pool. With some schools, students can indicate that they would …

Congratulations! You’ve chosen your college. You may be wondering what happens next. Every school is different, but here are a few student events you can expect to happen over the next few months. Orientation  Almost all colleges and universities have some sort of orientation for students. This is usually a “getting to know you” time …

Your acceptance letters have come in. Congratulations! But now comes the time to start narrowing down your college choices. For some people, it’s easy. For others, it takes a little while. Here are some tricks to lead you closer to your pick. Know your priorities. Start narrowing down college choices by thinking about your priorities. …

The titular college prompt can be asked in many areas within the college application process—it may be a college essay or interview, come up in a college interview, or even appear as an icebreaker for visits or orientations. Some students dread this question and freeze up as they scramble to produce an answer. Other students …

You’ve done it! That much-hoped-for college acceptance letter is finally in your hands. Congratulations—you’ve put in a lot of hard work and dedication into the college admissions process. Take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments and give yourself the recognition you deserve for reaching this milestone. After you’ve celebrated this long-awaited achievement, it’s time …

While there is no way to predict exactly what questions you will be asked at your college admissions interview, there are a few questions that can be considered ‘traditional’. Interviewers ask every applicant pretty much the same set of questions in a few different forms. You’ve already read about some of the most commonly asked …