January 19, 2012 — The Common Application Association announced that the essay prompts on the 2012-13 Common Application will be
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Freshman Applications Dip at Harvard, Penn and Columbia
January 27, 2012
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 down from 34,950 a year earlier. Other members of the Ivy League, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, also reported a decline in freshman applicants following years of record increases. [...]
UC Applications Up 13% Following Admissions Policy Change
January 13, 2012
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 stemming from a new policy aimed at expanding the applicant pool. The UC system received nearly 161,000 applications, a record high. All nine UC undergraduate campuses reporting gains. Freshman applications [...]
Glimpse Inside the Ivy League’s Academic Index
January 12, 2012
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 (and numerous other colleges and universities) to measure the basic academic qualifications of recruited athletes. According to the article formulas, first created in the 1980s and never disclosed publicly by [...]
Common Application Update & Reminders
December 20, 2011
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 Reports 976,745 (+58%) Teacher Evaluations 1,640,864 (+57%) *compared to 12.15.10 REMINDERS: School Forms Delivery If you intend to submit school forms online this year, remember that a college will not be [...]
MIT Launches Online Learning Initiative
December 19, 2011
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. The initiative builds on MIT’s interest in online education which began with OpenCourseWare in 2001. MIT’s faculty have integrated online technologies into the learning experience for MIT students and have also [...]
Harvard College Admits 18% of Early Applicants
December 15, 2011
December 15, 2011 — Harvard College announced that it accepted 18% of 4,231 early action applicants to the Class of 2016. These 772 students are the first group to be admitted early since Harvard eliminated its early admission process four-years ago. “Their academic, extracurricular, and personal promise are remarkable by any standard, and it will [...]
Penn Accepts 47% of Class of 2016 from Early Decision Pool
December 11, 2011
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 Dean of Admissions Eric Furda on Friday, December 9, 2011. Furda stated 1,148 students were accepted into the Class of 2016 through early decision, compared to 1,192 last year. He added [...]
Stanford Admits 755 Early Action to Class of 2016
December 11, 2011
Dec 9, 2011 — Stanford’s Office of Undergraduate Admission sent acceptance letters to 755 applicants seeking admission to the Class of 2016 through the early action admission program.
Fifth-Grader Wins Spirit of Community Award
May 23, 2011
Community service is important to many high school students, and many teens look for inspiration when considering or spearheading a project. After attending a Chamber of Commerce meeting with her mother, and being introduced to the Food For the Poor organization, 11-year-old Rachel Wheeler was inspired to help. According to the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, [...]
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.