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 …

Create a Strong Activity List in US College Application

The activity list is a significant portion of your application to universities in the US. Even so, international applicants are sometimes confused about why American universities put so much emphasis on extracurriculars. In this blog, we will tell you why the activity list is important to an application, how students should go about choosing activities and filling this section and …

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 …

Application advice from a member of an Ivy League admission committee

Application Advice from a Member of an Ivy League Admission Committee

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 …

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University of Pennsylvania – Class of 2023

Applicant J’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australian Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 9 SAT: 1510 out of 1600 School Ranking: Top 10% Significant Award: None Intended Major: Political Science; Philosophy, Politics, and Economy Admissions: University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon University   We started our admission consulting service for Applicant J when he was …

Elite Admission Consulting - College Application Case - Stanford University

Stanford University

The application story of a Sydney boy who was admitted to Stanford University with our guidance to pursue his passion for science.   Applicant T’s Background Geographic Location: Sydney, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australian Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 11 SAT: 2330 out of 2400 School Ranking: Top 1% Significant Award: None Intended Major: Engineering Physics Admissions: Stanford University, University of …

Elite Admission Consulting - College Application Case - Penn

University of Pennsylvania

Applicant H’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Chinese Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 11 SAT: 1530 out of 1600 School Ranking: Top 5% Significant Award: None Intended Major: Interdiscipline Admissions: University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, New York University (Stern), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   Case Detail The first time we met Applicant H, he was in Year 11. …

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Yale University – Class of 2020

How Elite Admission explored the potential of an Australian student, helped him stand out in the application, and receive admission to Yale University.   Applicant M’s Background Geographic Location: Melbourne, Australia Citizenship/Residence: Australian Starting to Use Our Admission Service: Since Year 12 SAT: 2360 out of 2400 School Ranking: Top 1% Significant Award: National Science Olympiad Medal Intended Major: Economics Admissions: …