Thinking About a Dream School? Here’s What NOT to do April 19, 2010
Every year at this time, it seems parents hear one version or another of the following tale of woe: “That Suzie Jones is so smart. How could she not get accepted at [fill in the blank – Stanford, Duke, MIT, Yale, Georgetown, etc.]?”
This year—with an all-time record of college applications made and with more “can’t miss” students relegated to the wait list than ever—the dirges seem especially loud.
With increased competition in high school (enrollment in high school AP courses has more than doubled in the last 10 years … over 150,000 students achieve 650+ on the verbal SAT… over 200,000 achieve 650+ on the math SAT…), plus increased competition from overseas students, today’s college-bound student faces a steep hill to climb. While there are plenty of books, primers, articles and blog posts (including ours) about how to get into college, this time we decided to provide some tips on the most common mistakes students make that prevent them from receiving the coveted acceptance letter.
We just posted the article to the library. You can read it now by clicking here: The Dirty Dozen: 12 Admission Mistakes That Get Your Application Rejected
