It's mid-March, which means seniors will soon be hearing from colleges about whether they were admitted, if they haven't heard already. Most colleges require students to enroll and submit a deposit by May 1, and these schools have to notify applicants of their admissions decisions by April 1. (The fact [...]
As 2016 came to a close, many seniors heard from colleges to which they had applied Early Decision (ED) or Early Action (EA). Some students celebrated because they got in; others were disappointed to learn that they didn't. A third group may have been confused by the decision they received: deferral. [...]
For the last several years, around mid-April, I've seen headlines that say something along the lines of, "College acceptance rates hit record low." Frank Bruni, who for many years wrote a New York Times column about college and college admissions, published a column on March 30 in which he stated that Stanford's acceptance [...]
March is an important month for high school seniors: by the end of it, most students will know which colleges admitted them and which didn't. Students may know April 1 as April Fool's Day, but, it is also the date by which many colleges release their admissions decisions. Students then have until [...]
You've received your acceptance letters, and, if you're lucky, you're now facing the arduous task of choosing among several great options. On the other hand, you may be upset that you didn't get into your top choice school(s) and now have to select from "less desirable" colleges. For many students, [...]
By now, most people have heard about Kwasi Enin, the young man from New York who was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges. Students who didn't fare as well in the college admissions process may be asking, "Why him?" and "Why not me?" When a student does everything he or she [...]
Whoever decided that April 1 should be the national notification deadline for college admissions decisions had a rather twisted sense of humor: "Hey, let's make April Fool's Day the final day for high school students to find out if they were admitted to or denied from the colleges of their [...]
For high school seniors, the bulk of the work involved in applying to college is now over, as most regular decision deadlines have passed. However, for some students, the hardest part of the process has just begun: waiting to receive admissions decisions from colleges. This may be especially difficult for [...]
