US College Application Trends 2023-24

By Grey Joyner Admission Consultant, Elite Admission While many aspiring US college students are still eagerly awaiting admissions decisions, some trends are beginning to emerge about the current state of the US college application landscape. Common App has released their regular research report “Deadline Updates”, which details findings about US college applications through 1 February (including most selective university regular …

How the college admissions process may change without affirmative action

By Grey Joyner at Elite Admission Consulting   The US Supreme Court ruling that universities cannot take race into account as a basis for granting admission is likely to have far-reaching implications for college admissions. On July 29th, 2023, the US Supreme Court overturned affirmative action, or the process of granting admissions priority based on race. Historically, this policy has …

Princeton University – Class of 2026

Applicant L’s Background Geographic Location: Sydney, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australia Started Using Our Admission Service: In Year 12 SAT: 1590 School Ranking: Top 1 Significant Award: IB Dux and full score Admissions: Princeton University – Class of 2026, the University of Oxford (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics)   When we first met Applicant L in her Year 10, we were impressed by …

University of Chicago – Class of 2025

Applicant M’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australia and U.S. Dual Citizenship Started Using Our Admission Service: InYear 11 SAT: 1590 School Ranking: Top 10% Significant Award: None Admissions: University of Chicago (Early Decision I)   Applicant S’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Permanent Residence in Australia Started Using Our Admission Service: In Year 12 SAT: 1580 School …

University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2025

Applicant J’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australia Started Using Our Admission Service: In Year 11 SAT: 1530 School Ranking: Top 5% Significant Award: None Admissions: University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2025   We met Applicant J in the beginning of his Year 11. At that time, he had a solid academic record at school, impressive extracurricular involvement …

Top College Admissions Seminar 2020

Top College Admissions Seminar 2020

Every year, Elite Admission Consulting hosts an top college admissions seminar where our leading admission consultants share their experience in the previous year.   In the past 2019-2020 application season, we helped 10 applicants receive admissions from: Stanford University University of Pennsylvania (2) University of California – Berkeley (2) University of California – Los Angeles (3) University of Southern California …

University of Pennsylvania - Class of 2024

University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2024

How Elite Admission Consulting team helped a student in Melbourne become a mature, confident, self-motivated young lady who was admitted to an Ivy League college, University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2024, with a SAT under 1500.   Applicant H’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australia/US Dual Citizen Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 10 SAT: 1410 …