college counseling

From the New Yorker’s article on the subject:lt College admissions has always been filled with uncertainty, especially at schools like Duke where applications are plentiful and seats scarce. But when Guttentag started as dean three decades ago, the process was more forgiving: Duke accepted some 28 percent of applicants, and about 41 percent of them […]

I started working with high school students at… the turn of the century. At the time, the college admissions process was straightforward: Grades/test scores – tied for first Activities – second Other subjective factors – third (essays/letters of recommendation and other perceptions of character) and appearance of interest (early applicants/those who toured etc.) Diversity – […]