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Have you started building your college list yet? While spring of junior year is the critical time to research colleges you want to go to, as well as to start actively demonstrating interest in any schools that you may have already been interested in for a while now, it can be wise to start researching schools in your sophomore or even freshman year.
Read MoreLast week, we were honored to be able to host Olivia Harris, Assistant Director of Admissions at Northeastern University for a Live Q&A, in which she revealed to us that Northeastern isn’t your typical top-50 college. Olivia’s tagline was simple: “We have a lot of offerings.”
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 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.
Read MoreThank you everyone for joining us today. Saturday morning – great time to be talking about your college list! And a little bit more about admissions as a lot of students are getting started with school and classes. Time starts slipping away a little bit with the admissions process. So I’m glad that we can talk a little bit now.
Read MoreWe have Katie Congdon from Northeastern University, the Northern California admissions representative for Northeastern. Those of you who are from Northern California or the Bay Area, Katie is definitely who you want to speak to! But for those of you who are not from there, she is still a fantastic resource. I’m excited to have her on.
Read MoreWe had the privilege of sitting down recently with Elise Fisher, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Boston University, to talk about current admissions trends and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.
Read MoreWe had the privilege of sitting down recently with Guillermo Vasquez, Freshman Admissions Counselor at UCSB, to talk about the recent adjustments to the admissions process made by the UC system and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.
Read MoreWe had the privilege of sitting down recently with Giles Eady, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Emory University, to talk about current admissions trends and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for great research opportunities and top-tier higher education, then schools in Australia may be just the thing for you.
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