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Penn’s supplement opens with a thank-you note. Who would you write yours to? Most applicants write three essays of 50 to...
28/10/2026

Penn’s supplement opens with a thank-you note. Who would you write yours to? Most applicants write three essays of 50 to 200 words each: a thank-you note to someone you haven’t thanked yet, a response on how you’ll explore community at Penn, and a prompt for the undergraduate school you select. Dual-degree programs add their own. There’s no Why Penn question, so your school prompt is where you show you’ve done the research. If you could reuse a response for another school, start over.

Early Decision closes November 1. Read the full guide here: https://hubs.la/Q04Cx_PK0 or book a free consultation today: https://hubs.la/Q02NTPBZ0

Caltech restructured its supplemental essays for fall 2027. If you’re working from an older prompt list, it’s out of dat...
27/10/2026

Caltech restructured its supplemental essays for fall 2027. If you’re working from an older prompt list, it’s out of date. Five required answers: a 150–200 word STEM interest question, one Scholarly Character response, two Scientific Drive responses, and a 100–150 word community question. No answer runs past 200 words, so open inside the situation and skip the windup. Faculty read these files, so technical detail is welcome.

Restrictive Early Action closes November 1. Read the full guide here https://hubs.la/Q04C5DJf0 or book a free consultation here https://hubs.la/Q02NTPBZ0

Which boarding schools have the best college placement? We recalculated the numbers for 48 schools from their official c...
26/10/2026

Which boarding schools have the best college placement? We recalculated the numbers for 48 schools from their official college lists.

Andover sends 44.4% of graduates to Top 30 universities. St. Paul’s, ranked sixth, posts the highest Ivy League rate in the Top 25 at 21.4%. And Woodside Priory, ranked 68th, sends 40.2% to Top 30 universities, on par with the Top 5.

Every rate counts students who enrolled, not students admitted. Read the full blog here https://hubs.la/Q04B-CGr0 or book a free consultation today: https://hubs.la/Q02NTPBZ0

About 1 in 5 first-time undergraduates enroll out of state. In Fall 2022, New Jersey lost a net 27,953 students and Texa...
24/10/2026

About 1 in 5 first-time undergraduates enroll out of state. In Fall 2022, New Jersey lost a net 27,953 students and Texas, long a magnet, lost 18,744. Arizona gained 21,426, more than any other state. New York, once a sender, is now a net importer.

If you live in an exporter state, in-state may not be your cheapest option. Read the full article on the InGenius Prep Journal here: https://hubs.la/Q04CbfC20

Law schools publish their targets. Harvard Law’s Class of 2029 had a median LSAT of 174 and a median GPA of 3.97. The ap...
23/10/2026

Law schools publish their targets. Harvard Law’s Class of 2029 had a median LSAT of 174 and a median GPA of 3.97. The applicants who get in plan their numbers, their story and their timing a year or more ahead.

Read the full guide on our blog: https://hubs.la/Q04B-jH30
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Stanford’s answer to AI: paper and pencil. In response to growing AI use, Stanford’s required COLLEGE program is adding ...
22/10/2026

Stanford’s answer to AI: paper and pencil. In response to growing AI use, Stanford’s required COLLEGE program is adding handwritten in-class responses, weekly reading quizzes and screen-free classrooms. Some writing classes are moving to in-class writing and journaling on paper.

The reason: problem set scores went up while final exam scores went down, and fewer students are going to office hours. “You can’t get mentored if you don’t show up at office hours,” said Vice Provost Jay Hamilton.

Source: The Stanford Daily, Oct. 19, 2026.

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Yale admitted 4.2% of applicants to the Class of 2030. Nearly all of them were academically qualified. So what decides i...
21/10/2026

Yale admitted 4.2% of applicants to the Class of 2030. Nearly all of them were academically qualified. So what decides it?

The full grade-by-grade guide is on our blog.
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20/10/2026

Where you live, what you plan to study, and which high school you attend can shape your college admissions odds before anyone reads your essay. Join Matt, a UChicago Former Admissions Officer, to learn what these factors mean for your student and how to build a smarter admissions strategy.

📅 October 21 | 8 PM ET | Live on Zoom
Register for free: https://hubs.la/Q04Bs4kf0

Can colleges tell if your student used ChatGPT on an essay? Not reliably. OpenAI’s own detector caught only 26% of AI te...
20/10/2026

Can colleges tell if your student used ChatGPT on an essay? Not reliably. OpenAI’s own detector caught only 26% of AI text before it was shut down in 2023. A Stanford study found detectors flagged 61% of essays by non-native English speakers as AI.

What readers do notice: essays that sound generic, or don’t match the rest of the application. Use AI to brainstorm and check grammar. Never to write.

Full guide on our blog: https://hubs.la/Q04B5mZC0
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Rural students graduate from high school at higher rates than urban peers, but are about half as likely to attend and gr...
19/10/2026

Rural students graduate from high school at higher rates than urban peers, but are about half as likely to attend and graduate from a selective college. At a symposium this month, Harvard admissions officers described how they’re working to change that: hometown recruiters, a student-led rural league, and membership in the STORY consortium. In Harvard’s Class of 2029, just 5% of admits came from the Central and Mountain regions.

If your student is applying from a small town, context matters. Make sure readers see it.

Source: The Harvard Crimson. Schedule a free consultation with our team today: https://hubs.la/Q02NTPBZ0

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