3007, 2014

Princeton’s Graduate School Admissions for 2014-15

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

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2907, 2014

Should Colleges Be Ranked?

A better question might be “How useful are college rankings anyways?” A new ranking list from Money magazine has been greeted by some with approval, others with dislike. The list ranks 665 colleges total based on 3 measures: educational quality, affordability, and career outcomes. The New York Times praised Money for additional factors that were included in its rankings. For instance, when judging affordability, instead of sorting colleges by tuition

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0907, 2014

Cornell’s MBA Admissions Includes LinkedIn

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.

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0306, 2014

College Admission Rates 2014

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

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