The College Board (the nonprofit company that administers the SAT) announced it will provide an Environmental Context Dashboard (ECD) or what the media has labeled an “adversity score” to every SAT score report it sends to colleges in 2020. The ECD index will place students’ SAT scores in the context of their socioeconomic advantages or disadvantages. Factors that go…
International College Counselors, one of the largest college and graduate school admissions consulting companies in the country, announces the opening of their new Palm Beach office. The Palm Beach location will be the company’s fourth office in Palm Beach County and the ninth office in the U.S. The expansion is part of the company’s growth…
The overwhelming pressure to get into an elite university has resulted in dozens of people, including prominent celebrities, facing charges in connection with a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal. The bribery chain involving standardized testing companies and top college coaches illuminates the insane competition to get teens into top schools. This morning the Justice Department…
International College Counselors, one of the largest college and graduate school admissions consulting companies in the country, announces the opening of their new South Charlotte office, the company’s 9th location. The expansion aligns with the company’s growth strategy of widening relationships within the Southeastern region. Nancy Rones Zolotorofe, a South Charlotte resident and Director of…
Below is a chart of some of the early acceptance data released by a sample of different highly selective schools. College/ University # of ED/EA Applicants # of Accepted ED/EA Applicants % Acceptance Rate of ED/EA Applicants Fall ‘19 % Acceptance Rate of ED/EA Applicants Fall ‘18 Brown 4,230 769 18% 21.1% Cornell 6,159 1,395…