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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.

The College Application: Behind Closed Doors

What happens to your college application when it reaches the admission office? Who reads it? What will they think? How will they decide? Surprisingly,...

College Application Form Tips

Filling out one college application form after another can be daunting, especially when you're trying to make a good impression upon the admission committees...

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College Admission Requirements Get More Competitive

Over the next few years, the total number of high school graduates is projected to rise by 10 percent, as is the subsequent number of students applying...

Rolling Admissions and the College Process

Part of checking out college admission requirements is learning about admission deadlines, and in doing so you may find out that some of the schools you're...

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College Acceptance: Choosing a School When More than One Accepts You

By the time March and April arrive, you're hopefully getting what you asked for -- multiple college admission letters. This is the ideal time to re-visit...

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...

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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....

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The Ivy-League graduate editors at EssayEdge will turn around a proofread and critiqued essay in as few as 24 hours!...

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Using Social Media for College Admissions

We've talked before about how you can best protect yourself from blowback from your Facebook profile being seen by a college admissions officer. But Facebook...

Federal TRIO Programs: A Primer on College Prep for the Underprivileged

The federal TRIO programs include eight different programs, each supported by grants from the federal government....

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...

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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...

The Financial Aid Effect on Early Decision and Early Application

So, there it is. You have your early acceptance letter from your dream school in your hand. You’re set to enroll. All that’s left to do is...

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....

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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...

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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...

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