A Deeper Look Into the

Campus Environment

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Culture

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International Students

Diversity

(600+ institutions; 20 application limit)

4-year institutions

(9 institutions; self-reported application)

4-year institutions

Application Components and Requirements

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All Private

Transcript

Testing

Essays

LOR

Interview

ApplicationStudent Counselor

Application Options

➡ Early Options➡ Rolling➡ Regular Decision➡ State/Public Schools

Application Options➡ Early Decision:

deadline; Mid-December Results; Binding

➡ Restrictive Early Action: deadline, Mid-December result, Non-binding

➡ Early Action:Mid-December Results, Non-binding

➡ Rolling:

➡ Regular Decision:

➡ State & Public Schools (some)

Of the “ED” pool:13.4% were recruited athletes

23.3% were legacies

“It is important to keep in mind that how many times you take an exam does reflect in part, your overall allocation of time. How much time are you spending studying for the SAT vs. engaging in academic or intellectual endeavors, or extracurriculars?” --Dartmouth

Support

Etc.

Recommendations

➡ Letters of Recommendation (LOR) Junior/Senior Teachers

➡ “If you want me to write a rec. for you - talk! Share your ideas! And listen to your peers!”

➡ A correlation between the student’s vocal participation and the strength of the letter.

➡ LORs will be requested 2nd Semester.

1. Will this student succeed academically?

2. What will the student bring to our community?

1. Academic Ability2. Contribution to community3. Character

Top Public Universities• Univ. of Virginia, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UNC-

Chapel Hill, Univ. of Michigan.

• UC-San Diego, UI-Urbana Champaigne, Univ. of Maryland-College Park, William & Mary, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of Washington, UT-Austin, UC-Santa Barbara, Penn State, Univ. of IN-Bloomington, Georgia Tech., SUNY Binghampton, Wisconsin-Madison, Arizona State, Univ. of Delaware, Univ. of Vermont.

Range of Selectivity

• According to school, state and program.

• Business programs: 2-3 year vs 4 year

➡ Ross (Michigan), Haas (Berkeley), Darden (Virginia)

➡ Kelley (Indiana), Scheller (GTech), W.P. Carey (Arizona State), Robert H. Smith (Maryland-College Park), Warrington (Florida), McCombs (UT-Austin), UIUC College of Business, UW-Madison College of Business, Darla Moore (South Carolina).

• Nearly all offer honors programs

• Top Honors Programs:

➡ Ohio State, UT-Austin, Univ. of Delaware, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Virginia, Berkeley, Maryland-College Park, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. of Washington, Arizona State, Univ. of Oregon, Univ. of Indiana, Univ. of South Carolina.

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UT Austin Ohio State UW-Madison Florida Indiana Penn State

# of Applications: Class of 2015 & 2016

“artes” = general skills“liberals” = a free person

Contribute to a meaningful society.Broad education:

Arts, humanities, social sciences,math, and science.

Liberal Arts

Undergraduate Origins of PhD

Does your “major” truly dictate your career?

17 students at 9 of the top 25 Liberal Arts colleges.

3 students at CMC, Weselyan, Colgate & Haverford

1 student at Vassar, Washington & Lee, Middlebury, Macalaster, & Hamilton

Top Liberal Arts Schools

IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)statistics are clear that the median Top 15 LAC has greaterendowment per/student than the median university in the

Top 15 National University

Swarthmore College $1,000,000 of endowment per/student

(more than 3 times that of Columbia and Brown)

2012 - Present = 0 Matriculations

Smaller Schools + LACs That Offer Engineering

Harvey Mudd (CA) Franklin Olin (MA) Cooper Union (NY) Swarthmore (PA)

Bucknell (PA) Rose Hulman Inst. (IN)

Colorado School of Mines (CO) Rensselaer Polytech Inst. (NY)

Trinity College (CT) Worcester Polytech Inst. (MA)

Smith College (MA) Milwaukee School of Eng. (WI)

3-2 ProgramsStudents who wish to study engineering can spend 3

years at a LAC and then transfer to a major university to study engineering for 2 years. Ultimately, the student

receives 2 degrees from 2 different schools.

Nearly all LACs have agreements with schools, such as:

Columbia, Washington Univ. at St. Louis, Dartmouth, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, Case Western, Washington-

Seattle, GTech, Penn State, Rennselaer Polytech. Inst., etc.

LACs w/ Cross-Registration Options

Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, Scripps & Harvey Mudd

Five College Consortium: Amherst, UMass-Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, Smith & Hampshire

Boston Area Consortium: Tufts, Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis & Hebrew College

Columbia & Barnard

Wellesley: Babson, Bentley, Olin & MIT

Quaker Consortium: Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr & UPenn

Univ. of Cincinnati Drexel Univ.

Georgia Inst. of Tech Johnson & Wales Univ.

Kettering Univ. Butler Univ.

Long Island Univ. Univ. of Louisville

Northeastern Univ. UMass-Amherst

Pace Univ. Rochester Inst. of Tech. Wentworth Inst. of Tech.

Univ. of Waterloo (Canada

Non-Traditional Scheduling

Knox College (IL) Colorado College (CO)

Cornell College (IA) Tusculum Univ. (TN) Spalding Univ. (KY)

Brown Univ. Amherst Coll. NYU-Gallatin Smith College

Univ. of Rochester Vassar College

Columbia Univ. Univ. of Chicago Boston College

NYU Stanford (Ways)

Georgetown etc.

Core Curriculum

Programs for the Budding Entrepreneur

Babson College (MA) Bentley Univ. (MA) Bryant Univ. (RI)

Claremont McKenna (CA) Drexel Univ. (PA)

Univ. of Houston (TX) Indiana Univ. (IN)

Northeastern Univ. (MA) Rochester Univ. (NY)

Worcester Polytech Inst. (MA)

It is not where you go, but what you do when you get there

• “There’s a widespread conviction, spoken and unspoken, that the road to riches is trimmed in Ivy and the reins of power held by those who’ve donned Harvard’s crimson, Yale’s blue and Princeton’s orange, not just on their chests but in their souls. No one told that to the Fortune 500. They’re the American corporations with the highest gross revenues. The list is revised yearly. As I write this paragraph in the summer of 2014, the top ten are, in order, Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Phillips 66, General Motors, Ford Motor, General Electric and Valero Energy. And here’s the list, in the same order, of schools where their chief executives got their undergraduate degrees: the University of Arkansas; the University of Texas; the University of California, Davis; the University of Nebraska; Auburn; Texas A&M; the General Motors Institute (now called Kettering University); the University of Kansas; Dartmouth College and the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Just one Ivy League school shows up.”

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