by Karen Marks | Jul 11, 2024 | College Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
Parents of rising high school seniors: Do you know how to avoid making the most common college application mistakes? The next few months are a critical time in your student’s college application process. Even the most well-meaning parents can accidentally make...
by Karen Marks | Apr 27, 2023 | College Admissions, General Admissions, Uncategorized
If you are a high school student or the parent of one, you already know that gaining admission to highly selective colleges is incredibly competitive. For the class of 2027, applications were up more than 20% at the most selective schools – so it’s no surprise that...
by Karen Marks | Jun 27, 2022 | College Admissions, General Admissions
Ready for some alarming college admissions news? Tulane University received almost 46,000 applications for undergraduate admission last year. Guess how many people they admitted in the Regular Decision round? 106. That is not a typo, 106. Furthermore, Tulane’s...
by Karen Marks | Feb 1, 2022 | College Admissions, General Admissions
Covid continues to dramatically reshape the college admissions landscape, leading many strong candidates for the class of 2026 to get deferred early action. (Early action candidates can submit their college applications in November or December to certain schools, and...
by Karen Marks | Aug 12, 2021 | College Admissions, General Admissions
Almost daily, parents ask me how they can help with their student’s college application process. Part of my job is to offer very direct, honest advice – based on more than a decade of experience as an Ivy League admissions officer, and more than a decade as an...
