YouTube and the Admissions Video-App

August 1, 2010

Last year, Tufts included the following prompt as one choice for an applicant’s optional supplemental submission: 6b: Share a one-minute video that says something about you. Upload it to YouTube or another easily accessible Web site, and give us the URL. What you do or say is totally up to you. As a result, about [...]

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Free Webinars on Law and Business School Rankings

July 15, 2010

U.S. News and World Report in conjunction with Kaplan Test Prep offer free webinars on law and business school.

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Applying to Art School for a BFA

July 12, 2010

Find out about the preliminary steps for applying to art school as an undergraduate.

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GMAT or GRE for Business School Acceptance: The Great Divide

July 8, 2010

The choice between taking the GMAT or the GRE for business school admission has become more vexing than ever.

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New Changes to the GRE in 2011

July 7, 2010

Extensive changes to the GRE, slated for June, 2011, will pose a difficult choice for test takers.

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New Changes to GMAT in 2012

July 5, 2010

The GMAT will introduce an Integrated Reasoning section to the exam in June, 2012.

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Med School Applicants: Acceptance Rate Increase on the Horizon?

July 5, 2010

The accelerated establishment of new medical schools may result in increased acceptance rate.

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Grade Inflation at Law Schools: Take Note of Each School’s Grading Policy

July 1, 2010

It is too early to tell whether and how many law schools’ more lenient grading policy will make a difference in a graduate’s competitiveness. What’s important, however, is to consider each school’s grading system before applying.

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Application Essay Fitness, Pt. 1

June 30, 2010

Tips on writing application essays with a focus on the UC application

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UC Admissions and the California Budget

June 27, 2010

As was evident by the hundreds of student protests this past March, California college students are not happy. And its no wonder. New York Times’ Bay Area Blogger Rachel Gross reports that while budget cuts are threatening higher education across the country, “California’s still stand out for their severity.” Combine a 20% reduction in UC’s [...]

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