No matter where you are in the world, chances are that Yale University needs no introduction. It is one of the best universities globally, and one of the most sought-after by top students. If you’re a student outside of the U.S. looking to go to college in the United States, chances are you’ve asked yourself “Could I get into Yale?” The answer isn’t a strict yes or no, so in this post we’re going to break down what Yale looks for in an international application.
Applying to New York University (NYU) as an International Student
If you’re thinking about attending college in the United States, you probably already know that applying to college here can be pretty stressful. There are so many schools, so many requirements, and so many different expectations the colleges and universities want you to balance. It can be very overwhelming, but with some guidance, we can make it manageable, and even potentially enjoyable. In this post, we’ll break down what you need to know to apply to New York University (NYU), one of the most popular colleges in the United States in one of the most famous cities in the world.
Applying to Northwestern as an International Student
Applying to college in the US is hard no matter where you are from, but applying as an international student comes with a whole host of additional hurdles. We’re here to help you make sense of the process and pull together an acceptance-earning application. In this post, we’ll zoom in on Northwestern University, one of the universities in the United States, and break down what you need to know if you’re going to apply as an international student.
How to Get into Brown University
Brown University is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States… It is actually older than the US. It was founded in 1764. This private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, has around 7k undergrads and is internationally renowned. It feels kind of silly to introduce Brown. Most students applying to Brown have been dreaming about going there for years. We talk to students every year who have wanted to go to Brown since elementary school.
How to Get into Wesleyan University
Wesleyan is a small liberal arts school in Middletown, Connecticut. While it was initially a Methodist boys' school, it is now both secular and co-ed. Wesleyan offers more than 47 majors to its around 3,000 students. The University has eight colleges and eight academic centers. They have great financial aid and meet full demonstrated need.
How to Get into Trinity
First off, we hope you are in the right place. This blog is about how to get into Trinity College in Connecticut. There are a lot of schools called Trinity, so if you have questions about the one in Dublin or the University in Texas (or even the evangelical school in Florida- mostly no judgment,) we are happy to help, but you won’t find it here.
How to Get Into Tufts
Tufts is a private research university just outside of Boston. While this blog is part of a series we are doing about getting into the schools of the New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC), Tufts is kind of an outlier. While they are in the league… they aren’t that small of a school. They have just under 7k undergrads. While the other schools of the NESCAC are liberal arts schools, Tufts is very much a research university. They take a lot of pride in this as well.
How to Get into Hamilton
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, New York. Named for Alexander Hamilton, you know, the “not giving up my shot” guy, the college is a quintessential Northeastern small school. Hamilton offers an open curriculum and over 50 areas of study. Impressively, 72% of their classes have fewer than 19 students, and 28% have fewer than 9. Hamilton also meets their students' total demonstrated financial need, which is pretty awesome.
How to Get into Middlebury
If you are looking at iconic Northeastern small schools, you have probably already checked out Middlebury. This private liberal arts school in Vermont is mainly known for its language, environmental studies, and international studies programs– but it has 45 majors available for its roughly 2,800 undergraduate students. They are also popular for their winter term, a one-month semester where students concentrate on a course or do an internship.
How to Transfer to Claremont McKenna
Claremont McKenna College is a small liberal arts school located in Claremont, California, and it’s a part of the Claremont Colleges – a unique consortium of 5 undergrad colleges that share resources and a campus, but each has its own focus. Claremont McKenna is known for their programs on business, finance, government, econ, public affairs, and international relations, and is also slightly more conservative than their fellow Claremont College associates.
How to Get into Colby College
How to Get into Bowdoin
Bowdoin College is a small liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. Bowdoin is popular for its STEM programs and historic campus. Bowdoin is part of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, an athletic conference and interlibrary exchange with Bates College and Colby College (you probably called that one,) sometimes also called the “Maine Big Three.” Bowdoin’s location is quintessentially Maine as it’s located near both the Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. Outside of their main campus (pun!), they also own a coastal studies center on Orr’s Island and a scientific field station on Kent Island.
How to Transfer to Barnard
Barnard College is a women’s liberal arts school located in NYC, as one of the colleges contained within Columbia University. So, it’s not Columbia, but it’s not not Columbia. But your degree does say Columbia on it. It’s a whole thing. It’s small, with less than 4,000 undergrads, but you share resources, sports teams, Greek life, libraries, and dining halls with all the Columbia undergrads too. You can also take classes at Julliard!
How to Get into Bates
How to Get into Amherst
Are you dreaming of going to Amherst? It’s a great school. If you are looking for rigorous small schools on the East Coast, Amherst is probably high on your list. However, you might be asking yourself, can I get in? We hear this question constantly from students, so today, we want to break down how to get into Amherst.
Yale Extracurricular Activities for High School Students
So Yale is your dream school, but will you get in? A lot of our students are very nervous about their chances at schools like Yale. And we get why: it takes more than great grades and scores to get into Yale. If you are dreaming of Yale, you also need to have great extracurriculars. It isn’t always obvious what that might look like, so we wanted to break it down and give a real example of what the kind of student that gets into Yale looks like.
UC Schools Legacy Strategy
Maybe your legacy student is dreaming of going to Haas, a UCLA cluster, or even Film School at Santa Cruz. You might be wondering, “will my alumni status help them get into a UC?” It's a question we hear from parents all the time, especially when it comes to UC Berkeley and Los Angeles. So we wanted to break down what legacy means (and doesn’t mean) when applying to top UC schools.
Most Popular Majors at Harvard
We often tell our students that applying for a specific program or major is critical. That may seem crazy for a high school student who has no idea what they want to do with their life to start considering. But the truth is, college is SO incredibly competitive these days and the Ivy League is just out of control. In order to have a competitive advantage, our students cultivate a highly-specific academic niche throughout high school and leverage that to apply to majors and programs that are a natural extension of what they’ve already been doing in high school.
Wake Forest Legacy Guide
Do Ivy League Schools like Scouts Progams?
Scout programs like Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and lots of smaller scouting programs, teach leadership, teamwork, and independence. We’d also include rural programs like 4H in this group, that similarly emphasize learning amongst peers while discovering what is special about oneself. Many students start these programs young — really young — with kids beginning in early elementary school as part of cub scout and brownie programs.