January 19, 2012 --- The Common Application Association announced that the essay prompts on the 2012-13 Common Application will be
Freshman Applications Dip at Harvard, Penn and Columbia
Freshman applications to Harvard for the Class of 2016 fell nearly 2% after the college reinstated its early action program. Harvard received 34,285 applications...
UC Applications Up 13% Following Admissions Policy Change
Jan 12, 2012 – The University of California reported a 13% increase in students applying for undergraduate admission, driven by an increase in out-of-state applications...
Glimpse Inside the Ivy League’s Academic Index
Bill Pennington, of the New York Times wrote a very interesting piece about the Academic Index, a somewhat mysterious tool used by Ivy League institutions...
Common Application Update & Reminders
The Common Application released these statistics (as of December 15, 2011) along with 2010* comparisons: Individuals Applicants 411,799 (+19%) Submissions Applications 1,372,017 (+20%) School...
MIT Launches Online Learning Initiative
MIT’s new online learning initiative is focused on enhancing the educational experience of MIT students and the virtual community of learners throughout the world....
Harvard College Admits 18% of Early Applicants
December 15, 2011 — Harvard College announced that it accepted 18% of 4,231 early action applicants to the Class of 2016. These 772 students...
Penn Accepts 47% of Class of 2016 from Early Decision Pool
The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that Penn’s early decision acceptance rate declined by almost 1 percent, from 26.1% last year to 25.4%, as announced by...
Stanford Admits 755 Early Action to Class of 2016
Dec 9, 2011 -- Stanford's Office of Undergraduate Admission sent acceptance letters to 755 applicants seeking admission to the Class of 2016 through...
Students Advised to View College Marketing Mailings with Skepticism
Many students receive unsolicited marketing materials from top universities. Often these mailings include a personalized letter congratulating the student on strong PSAT scores...
Fifth-Grader Wins Spirit of Community Award
Community service is important to many high school students, and many teens look for inspiration when considering or spearheading a project. After attending a...
Harvard Legacy Admit Rate: 30 Percent
The Harvard Crimson reported that the school’s acceptance rate for legacy applicants has hovered around 30%—more than four times the regular admission rate—in recent...
Last-Minute College Options for Fall 2011
Each May the National Association for College Admission Counseling releases a list of colleges and universities with space available for the fall. The 2011...
College Board Sends Spam Warnings
SAT scores, reminders and newsletters may not be the only thing College Board puts in your inbox. In early April hackers broke into Epsilon...
ShowMe Technology Behind New Princeton Review SAT iPad App
The Princeton Review launched a new iPad app called SAT Score Quest. Each question comes with a whiteboard video tutorial with a voice over...
Brown admits 2,692 for Class of 2015
Brown University offered admission to 2,692 applicants for its Class of 2015. These admitted students represent 8.7% of applicants from a total...
Khan Academy Offers Free SAT Prep and Homework Help
Looking to boost your SAT score, or to understand some aspect of physics that your teacher never properly explained? Check out the Khan Academy. ...
Penn’s Regular Decision Admit Rate Drops Below 10%
The University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Admissions Office reported that 9.5% of regular decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2015, down from 11.4%...
Princeton Admits 8.39% of Applicants
Princeton University offered admission to 2,282 students, or 8.39% of the record 27,189 applicants to the Class of 2015. Princeton’s final admission rates...
Stanford Admits 7.1% of Applicants
Stanford offered admission to 2,427 of the 34,348 high school students who applied to become members of the Class of 2015. This implies...
Yale Admits Record-Low 7.4% of Undergrad Applicants
Yale offered a total of 2,006 acceptances to the Class of 2015. The college’s admission dropped to 7.35% from 7.5% last year. A...
About Lynn Lubell
Lynn Radlauer Lubell is the Publisher of InLikeMe.com, an internationally renowned website for college-bound students, parents and guidance counselors, and the Founder of Admission by Design, an educational consultancy.
A graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, Lynn completed the IECA's Principles and Practices Institute for Educational Consultants and has broad expertise in college admission strategy and planning.
Lynn served on the MIT Educational Council for ten years interviewing hundreds of undergraduate applicants.
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Admission by Design, consults with students and families in South Florida and beyond.