Application Process Archives

Admissions + Testing in 2021 and Beyond

We co-hosted a webinar providing tips for high school students and their parents regarding the college application process and the fate of standardized testing.

Extended Early Application Deadlines, Doctoral Program Cancellations, and Large Donations

This week, one university pushed back its early deadlines to give seniors some breathing room, 50+ universities cut back on doctoral programs and, despite the economic downturn, four schools announced ground-breaking donations. We’ll start with good news! Villanova University pushed their Early Action and Early Decision deadlines back until November 15. Seniors, you have a little more time […]

Should You Write About Covid?

Are you wondering if you should write about Covid on your college application? It’s an optional question on the Common App this year, but let’s discuss whether it makes sense to respond…because in this case optional truly means optional. The specific wording of the “Covid essay” is: Community disruptions such as COVID-19 and natural disasters […]

All About Early Decision (Including a List of Colleges with Early Decision!)

You’re a high school junior or senior and you’ve heard of Early Decision, but aren’t quite sure what it means? Allow us to explain! Early Decision is an application plan that allows you to apply to a college early – in the fall of your senior year (typically by November 1 or 15). If you […]

A Change to the Common Application, Another Round of SAT Cancellations, and a College Getting it Right!

This week included a change to the Common Application, another round of SAT cancellations, and a spotlight on a college touted as a model for reopening and containing community spread. Hundreds of thousands of students who registered to take the SAT this September and October will be unable to take their exam because the testing […]

All About Early Action

Are you a high school senior working on your college applications? Would you like to receive some decisions early, but aren’t ready to commit to a specific school just yet? Then Early Action might be for you… Early Action is an option that allows students to submit applications earlier in the fall of senior year […]

Creating Your Roadmap to Success: Extracurriculars + College Prep During Covid

Expert Admissions co-hosted a webinar entitled, “Creating Your Roadmap to Success: Extracurriculars + College Prep During Covid.” The webinar provided tips for high school students and their parents regarding extracurricular activities and the college application process. Here are the highlights: After an application makes it beyond the initial academic review, college admissions officers still have […]

More Test-Blind News, Big Changes to College Athletics, U.S. News and World Report Rankings, and News from Graduate Programs

This week, we learned of more schools switching to test-blind admissions, a big change to college athletics, and some important changes to graduate programs. Reed College and Dickinson College joined the growing list of test-blind schools. A few UC campuses had previously decided to go test-blind for upcoming admissions cycles. However, a California judge recently […]