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Ivy League Regular Decision Statistics for Class of 2029
Ivy Day 2029: Regular Decision Results and Admission Trends All of the Ivy League colleges release their regular decision results on the final Thursday in March, known as Ivy Day. The statistics showcase the competitive landscape of admission to these elite colleges. To get a sense of how the admission landscape is playing out, some critical…
Common Application Essay Prompts 2025-26 & How to Answer them?
The Common Application has a set of 7 prompts from which you select any one to tell a compelling story to the Admissions Team. Most students feel that this is where you list all of your achievements. False: Colleges are not looking for duplication of your resume in your essay. On the contrary, the CAE…
What are the jobs of the future for 2030
Each year the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a list of jobs that they expect to see the greatest growth over the next ten years. They have recently published their data for 2020 so it seems like a good time to think not just about the jobs but also about the majors that…
What is a Liberal Arts Education?
Not so long ago I had a long conversation with a parent who was concerned that their child was interested in applying to some liberal arts colleges. Through the conversation, we discussed just what a liberal arts education is and how appropriate it is for the modern employment market. In this blog, I’m going to…
PROMYS India-Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
PROMYS-INDIA Mathematics has been at the core of PROMYS, which for the past three decades has been synonymous with deep exploratory mathematical learning for talented high school students and secondary teachers. Their belief that Mathematics, with its inherent creativity, fosters independent thinking and its precise use of language, is a critical tool in solving intellectual…
Will an Internship Help You to get into College?
A common question that we hear at Ivy Central when helping students prepare to apply to college is ‘Should I do an internship?’ As you might expect, the answer is a little more nuanced than a straight Yes or No, so in this article, I will explore some of the considerations that anybody thinking of…
Womens’ Colleges in the US: To apply or not to apply?
You may have occasionally heard the term “Seven Sisters” with regard to Womens’ Colleges in the US. The term refers to seven historically all-women’s colleges namely: Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College and Wellesley College.
How To Set Your Academic Goals
As a student, I am sure you are constantly juggling tons of workload. Academics combined with extracurriculars can be hectic. A lot of students, especially those taking on more challenging curriculums such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB), find themselves pressed for time.
Waitlisted! So what do you next to win the place?
If you have applied to colleges and universities in the United States you should now know which have accepted you and which have not offered you a place. For some, there will be a third category where the college has put the student on a waitlist. If the college is your top choice college, then…
Eight Tips on Getting Accepted by an Ivy League College
For many students and families aspiring to a higher education experience in the United States of America, the Ivy League remains the pinnacle of educational achievement. Irrespective of whether they are right in that belief, the reality is that if pushed to name a US college many families of international students would name an Ivy…