iCollege Consulting - Linda Dennis

10/30/2024

Learn How to Secure Your Family's Legacy.

07/13/2022

Legacy admissions - the pressure to eliminate.

Describing its incoming class of 2025, Yale boasted that its students hailed from 48 states, 68 countries and 1,221 high schools. What’s more, the university announced last year, 51% of the class identified as students of color. Yet even as Yale promotes the diversity of its first-year students, t...

12/17/2021

Could mean the end of required standardized testing!

Applicants may send in their scores if they wish, but Harvard's decision signals a shift in how it's prepared to assess hopefuls in the future.

11/19/2021

The University of California has slammed the door shut on standardized testing for admissions, saying no alternative to the SAT can avoid bias based on race, income.

09/26/2021

Will it be easier for male applicants to gain admission to some colleges with a large gender gap?

Women are outpacing men in higher education at a record rate. The causes of this disparity are complex and won't be easy to fix.

09/07/2021

The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.

07/20/2021

07/09/2021

The college tour...make the most of it. If you can tour prior to applying, the information you gain on your tour will help you write your college essays.

If you're a soon-to-be college student, exploring a college campus in person can help you determine if a school is the right fit. College admissions consultants, high school counselors, undergraduate admissions officers and parents of college-bound students recommend taking a school's official guide...

06/28/2021

The pandemic expedited the demise of the SAT and ACT,,,,,

Covid created a giant, real-world experiment in admissions policy that so far has underscored the drawbacks of mandatory entrance exams.

05/27/2021

Makes sense as public institutions funded by CA tax dollars.

As the University of California confronts record demand for admission, lawmakers are considering a plan to cut in half the share of nonresident students to make more room for locals.