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Does Your Major Affect Admission?
Students often wonder whether or not the major they choose when applying to colleges will impact their chances of admission. While it will, this isn’t
What is Intellectual Vitality?
When top schools are deciding which candidates to admit, they look for students who display something called intellectual vitality, often using this to judge between
The 9 Types of Supplemental Essays and How to Write Them
Alongside the personal statement, colleges want all kinds of essay questions answered, from the benign “What do you want to Major in?” to the more
College Applications

Getting a Patent as a High School Student, and How it Helps with College Admission
A patent is the ultimate stamp of approval for any invention. Whether it is a scientific discovery, such as a new chemical compound, or a

Women Only Liberal Arts Colleges
There was a time when all colleges were gender segregated, usually to the detriment of women. Today, all the nation’s top research universities are coeducational,

How to Get into UPenn’s Jerome Fisher Management & Technology Program
UPenn’s Management & Technology (M&T) program is a dual-degree program, offering students a chance to experience both the business acumen of Wharton and the cutting

Developing Specialized Extracurriculars: The Arrowhead Strategy
A high percentage of the application pool to elite colleges is made up of students with a vast array of extracurricular projects, awards, and accomplishments.
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How to Save for College Effectively
College is expensive. Increasingly, college is very expensive, with the average cost rising every year. We’ve written before about applying for financial aid and finding

Online Resources Guide to College Applications
Ivy Scholars wants to help you on your college admissions journey. To that end, we’ve put a lot of resources up on our website to

How Will Student Debt Forgiveness Impact Current College Applicants?
The prospect of forgiving student loan debt has been in the news a lot lately, with people vigorously arguing both sides of the debate. We

The Worst Possible Personal Statement
Writing personal statements is hard. We have a lot of tips for writing a great one, and we spend a lot of time with our

The Best High Schools in River Oaks Texas
Not all high schools are equally suited to prepare students for college. Through disparities in resources, talent, or other means, some high schools stand above

“Am I Too Late?”
One of the questions we get most often from concerned students is: “Am I too late?” Parents and students are frequently worried that they waited

How to Navigate the High School to College Transition
The transition from high school to college is one of the largest changes you will experience. You will likely be living on your own for
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One of the biggest mistakes we see parents and students making when they come to us is asking “How can I start a new nonprofit

How to Write a Research Paper
Independent research is one of the most impressive things a high school student can achieve and is an increasingly popular option among the most talented

When Should You Start Thinking About College?
College admissions grow more competitive each year, as thousands of talented students compete for a finite number of spots at top colleges. With this competition

Why Extracurriculars Matter
College admissions are increasingly competitive, especially at top schools, with the number of applicants growing each admissions cycle. As the number of applicants increases, each
BS/MD Programs

What are Early Assurance Programs for Medical School?
What are Early Assurance Programs for Medical School? Many high school students dream of being doctors one day, and go to college to be pre

How to Get into Brown’s PLME Program
While all BS/MD programs are incredibly competitive, Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) is especially notorious. It is the only BS/MD program offered by

Guide to the Rice/Baylor BS/MD Program
Rice is the best university in Texas, and attracts students from around the state and across the country. Many of these students dream of a

Baylor BS/MD Program
We’re continuing our series on BS/MD programs, after exploring Texas Tech’s and Texas A&M’s offerings. Today, we’ll look into the Baylor2 program (pronounced “Baylor squared”),