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What To Do With Your Summer

What To Do With Your Summer

By Solomon Team / 11/25/2020

If your intentions are to go to a top college or university, you need to make productive use of your summer. Think about it. You have literally 8-10 weeks off from school. Doing nothing will not cut it. Neither will sleeping your days away, or excessively watching TV or playing video games. At some point…

Tackling the Open-Ended Question: “Is There Anything Else You Want Us To Know?” | Blog-banner-images-12

Tackling the Open-Ended Question: “Is There Anything Else You Want Us To Know?”

By Solomon Team / 11/25/2020

I hope to address how having an addendum to your application whether it is to highlight an academic hiccup or academic strength or nuance is important to share! This question is truly significant for many applicants. This is where YOU as the applicant can address any red flags, “pink elephants in the room” or just…

Three Admission Statistics Every Student Should Know | College-admissions-banner-4

Three Admission Statistics Every Student Should Know

By Solomon Team / 11/20/2020

With admissions decisions’ season in full swing, there are seemingly-endless headline about plummeting admissions rates. 1. Admissions Decline in 10 Year Span The admission rate at elite institutions (Ivy League, plus MIT and Stanford) has gone from an average of 15.09% in 2005 to 8.13% in 2015, reflecting the reality that a student’s chances of…