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UF and FSU Applications Are Up. Why? What Does This Mean for Students?

UF and FSU Applications Are Up. Why? What Does This Mean for Students?

According to news out of the University of Florida, 60,000 students applied to the fall 2022 entering class, more than double the nearly 29,000 students who applied for fall of 2014. And according to Hege Ferguson, director of admissions for Florida State University, as of January 7, 2022, they have received 67,291 first-year applications for…

10 Lessons About College Admissions that COVID-19 Has Taught Us in the Past Year

10 Lessons About College Admissions that COVID-19 Has Taught Us in the Past Year

In March 2020, schools began closing because of COVID-19. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the education of millions of high school and college students. Colleges, universities, and high schools alike have had to adapt, and many of these adaptations will likely have long-term effects on the future of education. As we reach the…

BREAKING NEWS: Subject Tests and SAT Essay Have Been Eliminated

BREAKING NEWS: Subject Tests and SAT Essay Have Been Eliminated

This morning the College Board made two big announcements in the world of college admissions: for students in the U.S., both the SAT Subject Tests and the SAT essay writing section will be discontinued.  At International College Counselors, we’ve been hearing rumors for a while, and today College Board made it official. There were 20…

The 2021 National Merit Semifinalist Cutoffs

The 2021 National Merit Semifinalist Cutoffs

The time has come…the National Merit Semifinalist cutoff scores for the class of 2021 have been released! Although the names of Semifinalists are to be released formally through the media on September 9th, the National Merit Scholarship Committee (NMSC) notified high schools of students’ names in late August. About 1.6 million students enter the National…

Ivy League Class of 2024 Admission Statistics

Ivy League Class of 2024 Admission Statistics

All eight of the Ivy League schools released their admission statistics for the Class of 2024. Below is a chart that captures this data. Congratulations to all of our students and those worldwide who were accepted! College/ University Total # of Applications Received # Accepted Regular Decision (RD) RD Acceptance Rate Early Decision / Early…