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College Admission Requirements & College Applications

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There is a lot to consider in the college admissions process, like identifying admission requirements, filling out college applications, getting letters of recommendation, writing the application essay, and making a final decision. The articles and links below provide tips on these topics and can help you plan for each step in the process.

Sea-Based Summer Program Options

A lot of people believe study abroad options for high-school students are limited to foreign-exchange programs and summer tours, but they're not! The world...

Pre-College Programs

Pre-college summer programs abound nowadays, thanks to the numerous opportunities offered up by colleges for the summer months. Programs in chemistry,...

Pre-College Programs

Pre-college summer programs abound nowadays, thanks to the numerous opportunities offered up by colleges for the summer months. Programs in chemistry,...

College Prep Summer Opportunities
Going to Colleges in the U.S.

The opportunity to choose from a wide range of American universities and U.S. college programs is one of the greatest advantages of the U.S. educational...

Going to Colleges in the U.S.

The opportunity to choose from a wide range of American universities and U.S. college programs is one of the greatest advantages of the U.S. educational...

What International Students Should Look for at American Universities

What do American universities and colleges look for when they screen the applications of students from all over the world? It's pretty simple, really....

Guide to American Universities

Letter of Recommendation: Writing One Yourself

When requesting a letter of recommendation, don't be surprised if your instructor or supervisor hands the forms back to you and says, "Sure, why don't...

Letter of Recommendation: How to Ask for It

Writing a college letter of recommendation requires considerable effort. Don't just blurt out a request to a supervisor or instructor you see walking down...

The Letter of Recommendation in College Admissions

Most undergraduate applications require two or three letters of recommendation. These letters should come from former or current teachers, employers, or...

Letters of Recommendation and College Interviews
Praxis I Practice Test

The Praxis I exam is required for entrance into many teacher education programs and is also given to prospective public school teachers as a licensing...

Praxis I Practice Test

The Praxis I exam is required for entrance into many teacher education programs and is also given to prospective public school teachers as a licensing...

Rolling Admissions and College Admission Requirements

Part of checking out college admission requirements is learning about your admission deadline options, which may include rolling admissions. It might sound...

College Admission Requirements

Facebook and College Applications

Facebook! It's fun! It's wonderful! It's dangerous! Dangerous? How is Facebook dangerous, you ask? 2007: Zachary Good was a junior at Penn...

ISEE Practice Test

The upper-level ISEE is a three-hour admission exam used as part of the admission process for independent high schools. Want to know what to expect? By...

College Prep and the Perils of Senior Slump

It’s been a long-accepted tradition in the college admissions game for students to pass the final semester of high school languishing in gym and electives....

College Prep: You & Your Credentials
Chinese Student College Demographics

If you're a student from China interested in going to a U.S. college, you should take a look at some general information about American colleges.In particular, you...

Info for Chinese Students in USA

More and more Chinese students are coming to school to study in the U.S.A. every year. Three years ago, there were 10 million students in China who took...

Differences Between the Gao Kao and the SAT in China

The United States of America stands as a fantastic opportunity for any Chinese international students who want to continue their educations. It has a number...

Chinese Students Studying in the USA

Finding an International Student Scholarship for Indian Students

Costs can range widely between colleges and between students, but one thing is for certain: for Indian students coming to school at American universities,...

The SAT Exam: Important to Your Chances of Studying in the U.S.A.

Need a clear-cut guide with step-by-step instructions for how to get into an American college or university? Here it is. The important steps of the process...

Indian College Students

Indian college students looking to come to one of the colleges of the U.S.A. have plenty of work ahead of them. Taking all the necessary tests, gathering...

American Colleges for Indian Students
Visual and Performing Arts
Applying to a School of Visual and Performing Arts

Applying to a music and dance school such as Juilliard requires a very different competitive edge than applying to a school like Harvard, because the goal...

Preparing for Your Music School Audition

If you've ever performed in a play or musical, then you're probably familiar with sweating through an audition. Even if you're not, pursuing a degree from...

Dance School Audition and Admission Requirements

If you're pursuing a degree from a dance school, auditions are different from auditions for music school or theater colleges. Dance auditions often require...


Ways to Make the Gap Year Worthwhile

What are the main reasons that you might decide to take time off prior to entering college, and how can it help you? First of all, the burnout factor can...

When Your Child Asks for a Gap Year or to Defer Admission

If your child is hesitating to pack up and head off to college right away, it's not unusual. For a variety of reasons, many students take a break for a...

The Gap Year Option: Should You Take a Time Out?

Now that you've been admitted to one or more colleges and made your decision about where to go, it's time to start planning for your fall semester. Or...

Gap Year
Early Decision Can Help You Edge Out Your Competition

There's a lot of hype floating around that some schools accept almost all of their incoming freshmen from their pool of Early Decision (ED) applicants....

Applying Early: Your Early Decision Options Defined

Do you have your heart set on a certain college and want to know ASAP if you’ll get in? Admission strategies known as Early Options allow you to apply...

Saying Goodbye to Early Decision

For years, Ivy League schools have beckoned to thousands of students as the creme de la creme of the college world, inspiring them to achieve astronomical...

Early Decision And Early Application

What to Do if You Don't Get a College Acceptance

In an ideal world, you'll have started your college search early, created a list with a good mix of favorite and safety schools, and gotten a college acceptance...

How Hooks Influence Your College Acceptance

A hook, in admission parlance, is any advantage that makes you attractive to a particular college. This varies from school to school and from year to year....

Extracurricular Activity Involvement Affects College Acceptance

Colleges aren't terribly picky about how you spend your down time, as long as you're doing something meaningful. They won't know if you spend hours upon...

College Acceptance
Writing Your College Application Essay

In your college application essay, you have an opportunity to communicate to colleges what is most essential to you personally, socially, and academically....

Ask the Experts: Application Essay

Read actual questions from students about the application essay and see answers and advice from college planning and admissions experts...

Application Essay Tips

Unlike every other aspect of the application, you control your essay. Make sure that the glimpse you give the admission committee into your character,...

Application Essay

Using the Common Application as Your College Application

The Common Application for college is a time saving tool accepted by more and more schools each year — public, private, large, and small. Depending...

Ask the Experts: College Application

Read actual questions from students about the college application and see answers and advice from college planning and admissions experts...

Last-Minute College Application Tips

Applications are highly evolved documents, based on numerous admission deans asking themselves if they're asking you the right questions. For that reason,...

College Application
Late Deadline Schools
Late Deadline School

Is it the end of your senior year of high school, and you still don’t know where you’re going to college? Maybe you delayed your application process, in...


Study Abroad and Summer Abroad
Study Abroad

Are you a person that’s always wanted to travel? Have you thought about what it would be like to live overseas? Are you drawn to international studies?...

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