The University of California is one of the world’s leading public research universities and among one of the most coveted universities in the United States. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the basic requirements for admission. To meet minimum admission requirements, you must complete 15 yearlong high school courses with a letter grade of C or better — at least 11 of them prior to your last year of
Welcome our College Essay mini-series! In our last post 4 Topics for Writing Your College Essay ,you learned how to find a good topic for your essay, whether it was for your Common App essay or the UC application essays. Once you found your topic and wrote your first draft of your college application essay, that’s it, you’re done with your writing! Right? Well…not exactly. Don’t forget, you still have
Welcome to the second post of our College Essay mini-series! If you don’t really understand what a college essay is, you may want to refresh your memory by reading Introduction to College Essays. Knowing that the college essay is about your personal story, what will the college essay ask you to do? And how can you find the best topic to write about? First, let’s go over some of the
Which of the below is true about the college essay? A) The college essay is the only thing that will determine my college acceptance. B) The college essay is just like writing a regular essay. C) The college essay is very difficult to write. D) None of the above. Which choice did you pick? If you picked the last choice, D, that would be correct! Welcome to our mini-series about
Thinking about beginning your college application essays, but not sure how to start? These 3 tips below can help! 1. Read the essay instructions Make sure to understand the essay prompts, the number of prompts required by each school, and the word limits for each essay. You do not want to draft an essay of 800 words only to find out afterwards that the essay had a 350 word limit.
Congratulations to all students who have been accepted to college! In addition to enjoying a refreshing summer before college, what are some ways for students to prepare for the next year? 1. Learn how to complete basic responsibilities- Getting used to tasks like laundry and simple cooking will be invaluable for many students who will be living away from home in a dormitory. 2. Learn how to handle finances- Learn
Out of 300 colleges, Forbes ranked UC campuses like UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego near the top in their 2017 Best Value College Ranking. The rankings for the UC campuses were made on factors like school quality, the strength of research in programs like STEM, and graduation success. UC Berkeley and UCLA were ranked the highest on Forbes’ list; the complete list of rankings for the UC campuses
Are you a high school senior who has been accepted into more than one college? Congratulations! However, some students may have trouble with choosing just one school from the list of colleges which accepted them. What should be considered to narrow down their decision? 1.Academics What are the class sizes at each college and how easy is it for you to sign up for the classes you need? What is the learning
If you are a junior in high school, you might be thinking about your college list for next year. How many schools should you apply to? What schools do you have a good chance of being admitted into? And how many ‘reach’ schools should you include on your list? When including a reach school on a college list, there are 3 questions a student needs to answer: 1. Is my
For high schoolers who are creating their college list, do you know how to prepare for a college visit? Some questions you should keep in mind: When is the best time to visit? It is best not to go during the early summer. Other times, like spring break, may be more preferable. What should you check out on campus? Areas like the dorms or the public transportation system will be
The Common App essay prompts for 2017-2018 have recently been revealed! Other than some revised wording on a few prompts, 2 new essay prompts were added to the list: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more? Share an essay on
Out of all the UC campuses this year, the Washington Post reported that UCLA is the first campus to have over 100,000 students apply as freshmen applicants. Additional data also noted that UC campuses in general attract more applications than some other universities; for instance, UC Irvine and UC Berkeley both received more than 80,000 freshmen applications. As college admissions continues to increase in competitiveness, it remains even more vital
During this season, many students and parents worry about college applications. What are some helpful tips that students should know to send out the best application possible? Tip 1: The application essay is a chance to show your writing skills and to show your contributions to the community around you. Make sure to spend time carefully writing your essays. Tip 2: Throughout high school, it is better for students to
Perhaps you are a high school senior, and three of the colleges on your list require recommendations. Or you may be a high school student intent on attending a particular summer science camp or that prestigious debate program, and the applications also require a teacher recommendation. So how do you go about asking for a letter? Do you: A) Barge into a teacher’s classroom three days before your application is
Have you rewritten and erased and rewritten your introduction hundreds of times? Tired of staring at a blank document page on your laptop? Confused on how to even begin your UC application essays? There is no need to panic. If you have 5 minutes, the short video below from the UC’s YouTube channel sums up the expectations for all student essays. Still have questions on writing? You can find writing
During the 12th grade, between all the college application forms, essays, and financial aid, and a student’s usual schedule with classes, sports, or music rehearsals, it is not unusual for a student to struggle with finishing everything they need to do. As the 12th grade is usually a student’s first time working on college applications, there are a few mistakes they can watch out for regarding college admissions. 1.Significant changes
Currently a high school senior or a student planning to apply to college? This week, a number of college application platforms have opened for students to begin working on their applications. The Coalition Application is the newest type of application to open this year. Students using the Coalition App will need to check if a college will take this kind of application this year or next year. The Coalition App
Since the start of summer, hundreds of students and their families take the chance to travel and sight-see through different colleges in their state or around the country. Students get plenty of advice on how to handle these visits; family members who also want to prepare for these tours may want to read What Parents Should Do During a Campus Visit. With enough planning and discussion, students and their families
Between the new SAT, the addition of the Coalition as an application platform, and many new essay prompts to look over, rising 12th graders will have a lot to study up on before beginning their applications. Other high schoolers may also want to read on these changes listed in this article to become more familiar with the old and new processes for college applications. (Source: The Huffington Post)
Seminar : Sea Change in college admissions Time: 1:00pm, Sunday, May 22, 2016 Place: IvyBoost Education 43301 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 College admissions is experiencing big changes in 2016! Families and students, it is critical to know the changes and prepare accordingly! Do you know- – The record-low college acceptance rates in 2016? – UC system has changed admission essays for the 1st time in 10 years? Which
There are many things people tell students about college admissions: that it is important for their future, that it takes a lot of good planning, that hundreds and thousands of other students are also applying for colleges at the same time. However, some students and families may have no idea how to begin discussing college admissions. In that case, it could help to read this recent article sharing advice that
For students who have finished with their applications and are already looking ahead to any college interviews, consider reviewing some of these practical tips from the Huffington Post.
You have finished every essay and every part of your application and are ready to send it in and relax for the rest of the year, right? However, as there is no ‘undo’ button for submitting your college application, you might think first about going through this checklist from USC.
Perhaps you have already decided on the perfect leadership moment or exciting extracurricular experience you want to write about for your college essay. However, if you get stuck on how to best share that story, look over these 5 questions and examples from the Huffington Post, all of which stress the importance of “looking forward” in your essays.
For students currently struggling to polish their college application essays, this article gives an encouraging snapshot of how one student rewrote a solid supplemental essay into an even stronger version. There are also other online resources students can find helpful for their essays.
All your college letters have arrived in the mail and you are excited by your acceptances. Congratulations to you! It’s good to know how your hard work during high school and the application period has paid off. So after you have decided on your college, you can relax and look forward to summer after your final round of finals, right? The truth is, after your acceptances have come in, there
The envelopes have arrived in the mail. Heart pounding, you open one and scan the first lines of the letter, only to feel a wave of disappointment as you realize…you’ve been waitlisted. What can you do, if you’ve been waitlisted for a college? The following articles from U.S. News and World Report, the Huffington Post, and Time offer valuable techniques for handling the waitlist. First, take a deep breath. You
If you are a high school student who is fascinated by politics or cultures of different countries, studying international relations could be the right choice for you. The Ivory Tower Survey of 2014 asked scholars around the U.S. what they thought to be the top schools for international relations. Some schools on the list included well-known institutions like Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego. The full list and
For seniors, the middle of November can be an especially stressful time. Throughout this period of college applications, you’ve prepared all the tests you needed, studied up on your lists of colleges, and have used many a midnight dreary to labor over drafts of your essays. “What if my application essays aren’t good enough?” some students may worry. Reviewing the links below can help put your concerns to rest and
Everyone knows that college applications can be a stressful time. Between regular schoolwork, activities, college applications, essays, financial aid, and deadlines, any family will start to feel the strain on both the student and their parents’ dispositions. To reduce tears over the college application process, how can parents better support their students in this time? Liz Willen has some good tips to share: 1. Do not yell or put down
According to LinkedIn, if you are a student with an interest in a career as a software developer, there are several colleges they would recommend from the thousands out there. Based on LinkedIn data, budding software developers may want to check out these 5 colleges: 1. Carnegie Mellon University 2. Caltech 3. Cornell University 4. MIT 5. Princeton University Those who specifically wish to work as a software developer
In the rankings of the British magazine Times Higher Education, Caltech took the top spot out of all research universities. For its rankings, Times Higher Education considers factors like research income and how much research a university’s faculty publishes. For the rest of Times Higher Education’s rankings, some California schools like Stanford and UC Berkeley placed in the top 10; among the top 100, schools like UC Davis and UC
Describe your experience of using the Common Application for college applications in under 250 words or less. Time-consuming? Yes. Stressful? Certainly. Limited in college choices? Perhaps not. Last week, an announcement was made that for admissions in 2015-16, colleges who do not have an essay or recommendation requirement can join the Common Application. Originally, the Common Application’s mission statement required colleges to use holistic review to select applicants, which usually
Recently, the U.S. News released their college rankings for 2015. Which colleges ranked close to the top? Below, you can see the first 10 schools ranked out of other national universities (a national university is defined as a school which offers undergraduate majors and master’s and doctoral programs). Ranking School Name 1 Princeton University 2 Harvard University 3 Yale University 4 Columbia University 4 Stanford University 4 University of Chicago
The Common Application for 2014-15 has been released for an entire month. For students who are working on the Common App, how can you be sure that you have filled in every required question? One area students may be especially concerned with are the application essays. On the Common App, there are 2 types of writing questions which students need to look out for. The first type of writing questions
Princeton University recently released news that for the 2014-15 school year, a total of 10,964 students applied to Princeton’s Graduate School. Princeton’s overall graduate school admission rate remained at 11 percent. Princeton’s Graduate School Admissions 2014-15 Total Applicants 10,964 Admitted Applicants 1,231 Overall Admission Rate 11% Applicants who Accepted Offer of Admission 608 The admitted applicants were divided up by fields of study as seen below: Academic Field
Which colleges receive the most applications? According to the U.S. News, the college which has received the greatest number of applications is UCLA. The application numbers below are collected from the Fall 2012 admissions year and based on data received from 1,242 institutions. Listed below are the first 5 colleges on the list which received the greatest number of applications from first-time, first-year degree-seeking students. For the rest of the
Applying for a M.B.A. program at Cornell University? Having LinkedIn may help you complete the application faster. According to Inside Higher Ed (“LinkedIn to MBA Admissions”), Cornell University may be one of the first schools to use LinkedIn with their applications in this way. For students applying to the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, a LinkedIn profile can help them pre-fill parts of their applications.
The following table is the admission statistics of University of California, Berkeley class of 2018: GPA SAT ACT UW W M CR W Average 3.76 4.18 687 649 666 30 Low 2.00 2.18 300 247 310 16 High 4.00 5.00 800 800 800 36 UW=Unweighted GPA W=Weighted GPA M=Math CR=Critical Reading W=Writing If you are seeking further counseling service, please contact IvyBoost Education.
College Admission Rates for Class of 2018 Amherst College: 1,103 admission offers out of 8,468 applications, 13 percent. Bowdoin College: 1,032 offers out of 6,935 apps, 15 percent. Brown University: 2,619 offers out of 30,432 apps, 9 percent. California Institute of Technology: 529 offers out of 6,524 apps, 8 percent. Carleton College: 1,446 offers out of 6,293 apps, 23 percent. Claremont McKenna College: 613 offers out of 6,043 apps, 10
College / University Overall Admit Rate Total Applicants Accepted Brown 9.16% 28,919 2,649 Columbia 6.89% 33,531 2,311 Cornell 15.15% 40,006 6,062 Dartmouth 10.05% 22,416 2,252 Harvard 5.79% 35,023 2,029 Princeton 7.29% 26,498 1,931 U. of Pennsylvania 12.10% 31,280 3,785 Yale 6.72% 29,610 1,991
Stanford has two freshman application options: Restrictive Early Action Restrictive Early Action is a non-binding option for students who have completed a thorough college search and are confident Stanford is their first choice. Admission decisions are provided by December 15 but admitted students have until May 1 to respond to their offer. Under Restrictive Early Action policy, applicants agree not to apply to any other private college/university under an Early
To be considered for admission of University of California and California State University system, you must earn a high school diploma (or equivalency) and satisfy these three minimum requirements no later than your high school graduation: Subject requirement specifies the 15 approved yearlong academic courses you must complete in high school: two years of history/social science four years of English three years of mathematics two years of lab science two
Princeton’s admission process goes beyond simply looking for academically accomplished students. For each freshman class, we bring together a varied mix of high-achieving, intellectually gifted students from diverse backgrounds to create an exceptional learning community. We care about what students have accomplished in and out of the classroom. The process is highly selective. In recent years, we’ve offered admission to only about 10 percent of applicants. As you prepare your
Harvard College announced on Feb. 24, 2011 that it will restore nonbinding early action as part of its admissions process this fall and significantly enhance its recruiting program to assist talented students from modest economic backgrounds in navigating the admissions process. Harvard also announced it will increase its investment in undergraduate financial aid next year to more than $160 million. Currently, more than 60 percent of Harvard College students receive
