Elite Admission Consulting's original articles about top college application
Elisabeth O’Connell, Senior Associate Director of the admission office at the University of Pennsylvania, held an information session at Lauriston Girls School on the evening of September 11, 2019, and gave applicants a lot of pertinent advice from the perspective of the admission committee. Here are five most important takeaways Elite Admission Consulting summarized. 1. Applicants are advised to …
Now that more and more outstanding Australian students have begun to study at elite universities in the US or UK, more and more people have become conscious and accepting in an option to study abroad. Hence, for the students and parents who just started to do their research, we wrote this article to briefly answer 10 most common questions they …
Given Australia’s growing university tuition fees and lacklustre undergraduate-level teaching, more and more Australian high school students are beginning to consider whether they should stay in Australia for their university education. It is with no doubt that prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge are extremely attractive to all students. However, many parents and students often talk about …
It’s no secret that Common Application personal essay is important to the U.S. college application process. What are the common pitfalls you should try to avoid? Part I of this article can be found here. 6) Use big words. Colleges love intellectual words and sophisticated essays. If you, in general, speak using words you learned during SAT preparation and …
It’s no secret that Common Application personal essay is important to the U.S. college application process. It has to be well-written, succinct (within 650 words), and most importantly, represent you. But what does that mean? What, exactly, are college admission officers looking for? There are so many online articles attempting to explain what colleges are looking for, without taking into …
Admission to top colleges in the US and UK is competitive and the selection criteria are vague. Therefore, it is reasonable that many misconceptions surfaced in front of applicants and their families. We will try to dispel as many of common ones as possible in this article. Misconception 1: Preparing for colleges in the US and the UK is …
