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I really appreciate folks joining us on this Sunday morning. We're covering an important topic for a lot of seniors – and hopefully some curious juniors are here, just to hear a bit about it, maybe get a preview – the UC personal insight questions.
Read MoreWelcome to the first webinar of our five-part college essay series this summer. Today we're going to be going over some basic and general information about college essays and the application process in general.
Read MoreIt’s the beginning of the new year, which means many seniors have just recently turned in their last few applications and are now eagerly awaiting results. But in the back of their minds they might recall hearing odd results from previous years, such as students getting waitlisted or rejected by their safeties. Is that a sign for bad news to come? Or is there something deeper going on?
Read MoreIt’s mid-March, which means that across the world, students of the incoming Class of 2026 are waiting to hear back from colleges about their Regular Decision responses.
Read MoreFor many students, the first decision that they’ll have to make when applying to college is this: do they want to go to a small liberal arts college or a large research university?
Read MoreOver the last several years, the SAT has undergone some phenomenal changes. For parents who took the test themselves to get into college, and are now hoping to help their children do the same… unfortunately, it isn’t that easy. This guide will catch you up to where the SAT is in 2022.
Read MoreIf you’re applying to college this year, or thinking about applying to college, you’ve doubtlessly seen the word “holistic” come up. What does that really mean?
Read MoreThe current admissions statistics can definitely be discouraging. This talk page on College Confidential illustrates the hardship well, with its information on historical college admissions trends; for example, in 1995, the acceptance rate for UChicago was 68%, meaning a student was more likely to get in than not, and in 1970, the University of Pennsylvania—an Ivy League school—nonetheless had a 70% acceptance rate. As of 2021, these schools’ acceptance rates are 6.3% and 5.68%, respectively.
Read MoreThis webinar was recorded on September 21, 2021. You can access the recording here. Note that details and exact prompts of the UC PIQs may have changed by the time you are reading this article, so please go to apply.universityofcalifornia.edu to get the most up to date information.
Read More“College fit” is a commonplace term in college application conversations, and especially here at ILUMIN, where we emphasize the importance of finding the right college fit for each of our students. The term seems simple enough at first glance, but then students ask themselves the question, “which colleges fit me well?” and quickly realize the answer is hardly straightforward.
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