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High School Research for College Admissions

Why is Research so Important? Many of the most competitive universities in the United States are also conducting high levels of research. All of the Ivy League universities as well as selective schools like Duke University, Cal Tech, MIT, and Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University fall into this category. Some large public universities such … Continued

Applying to Oxford or Cambridge as an American High School Student

Oxford and Cambridge offer very unique experiences that can be appealing to American students looking for international exposure during college. The universities are academically rigorous and will have professors who are academics at the top of their fields. Oxford and Cambridge are repeatedly ranked among the top research universities in the world, which would give … Continued

GMAT News: Introducing the GMAT Focus Edition

The Graduate Management Admission Council has announced that they will be introducing a completely revamped GMAT, called the GMAT Focus Edition, later this year. The current GMAT exam will be retired in early 2024. The new GMAT Focus Edition will eliminate Sentence Correction questions, geometry questions, and the AWA section. There will be three sections, … Continued

Applying for your MBA in 2024: What You Should be Doing Right Now

As recently as fall 2022, business schools were reporting steep drops in the number of applicants to their MBA classes. For instance, Harvard and Wharton saw 15% and 13% drops respectively in the number of applications that they received. Yale, the University of Chicago, and NYU Stern similarly saw significant declines in applications. With a … Continued

Oxford Application: Online Assessment Advice

Oxford’s has been employing an online assessment as the significant component of their application. Including an online assessment with a written component is unique in the world of MBA applications. It suggests that the admissions committee is interested in the way that prospective candidates communicate and share their ideas as they might in a conversation, … Continued

Will standardized testing come back?

This week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that students will be required to submit either a SAT or ACT score starting with the next admissions cycle (the class of 2027). This decision comes two years after suspending the requirement as the pandemic had disrupted testing for many applicants. Stu Schmill, Dean of Admissions and Student … Continued

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