Another year, another group of schools joining the Common Application. Notable for many of our students are the additions of Pitt and Penn State. Students who apply to either of these schools will now save time in their application process,...
This is our first (of what we intend to be annual) State of Admissions – an email that recaps our observations and analyses of college admissions trends and data from this past year. Please do not hesitate to call 267-888-6489...
In this Q-&-A-style guest post by Philadelphia area college guru Cigus Vanni (edited by Ivy Experience), Cigus explains what rising seniors need to know about the Coalition Application: what it is, what it does, what colleges use it, and what...
People are often confused by the ACT’s scoring system. Out of 36? How the heck does that work? Sometimes the scoring can seem random. And in fact, there is some randomness involved in how your performance (the number of questions you...
Ivy Experience’s founders, Eric Karlan and Karan Shah, tackled the most recently released ACT to offer insight on its contents relative to past exams. Here are their thoughts on each section: ENGLISH Eric A LOT of punctuation questions. And a lot...
In the coming weeks and months, high school juniors and their families will take advantage of vacations and long weekends to visit college campuses around the country. But how should students plan for these visits? How do they maximize a...
With college essays and applications looming on the horizon, you may feel overwhelmed by what is ahead. What are colleges looking for? Where do you start? And why does every conversation about colleges turn into a fight? This is where...
Is studying in groups helpful, or does it slow you down? Yes… and no… to both questions. Like anything else, studying in groups can be a good and a bad thing. Here are the pros and cons, with some tips...