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Merit Scholarships from Colleges

Many colleges award merit aid to entice high-performing students to attend their schools. Find out which factors determine merit scholarships and how these funds are typically awarded.

Seeking Out Local Scholarships

Local scholarships can be a wonderful way to offset the high cost of a college education, and they offer unique advantages over national scholarships. Read on to find out how to apply for this type of merit aid.

How to Write a Compelling College Match Essay

Read our tips for writing an effective college match essay for your college applications. The ideal match essay will paint a picture of a two-way street in which the college is a great fit for you, and you are a great fit for it. In order to do this successfully, you’ll need to thoroughly research each college you’re applying to, then compose a compelling piece of writing articulating the specific “match” areas you’ve identified.

Maureen Meyer2023-07-20T17:31:30-04:00July 20th, 2023|Categories: college, college admissions, college applications, College Essays, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Julie Gross|Tags: College Match Essay, College Professors, college tours, collegiate gateway, julie gross, Research Colleges|

The ABCs of Secondary School Curricula: International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Read our overview of the IB program, which can help navigate its complexities and explore its potential benefits. Find out how you can use IB exam scores to distinguish yourself from other applicants, for advanced placement (skipping over entry-level courses), or for college credit. Also, how does an IB program compare to AP courses?

The ABCs of Secondary School Curricula: Advanced Placement (AP)

Read our overview of the AP program, which can help navigate its complexities and explore its potential benefits. Find out how you can use AP scores to distinguish yourself from other applicants, for advanced placement (skipping over entry-level courses), for college credit, for the satisfaction of distribution requirements, and/or for early graduation, depending on the school.

Maureen Meyer2023-06-07T12:51:14-04:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: AP Capstone Diploma, AP College Credit, AP Courses, AP Credits, AP Exams, AP Program, college, College Academics, college applications, Collegiate Gateway, High School Curricula, high school curriculum, High school planning, Julie Gross|Tags: Advanced Placement, AP, AP college credit, AP Exam Scoring, AP tests, benefits of AP exams, College Admissions, college readiness, collegiate gateway, julie gross|

What Makes a Successful Baccalaureate/MD Candidate? Part I: Overview of Baccalaureate/MD Programs

In this 3-part series, we provide a deep dive into how to succeed in applying to Baccalaureate/MD programs. In our first blog post, we provide an overview of these BA/BS/MD programs. Subsequent posts discuss case studies and characteristics of successful applicants.

Maureen Meyer2023-05-04T10:01:43-04:00May 3rd, 2023|Categories: BA/BS/MD Programs, Baccalaureate/MD Programs, Casper, college, college applications, Collegiate Gateway, Julie Gross, Medical School, Medical School Admissions|Tags: Baccalaureate/MD programs, Brown University’s Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), Case Western Reserve University’s Pre-Professional Scholars Program in Medicine, Casper, collegiate gateway, Drexel University’s BA/BS+MD Early Assurance Program, Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine Bachelor’s/MD Dual Degree Program, George Washington University’s Seven-Year Dual BA/MD Program, Hofstra University’s 4+4 Program, Howard University’s BS/MD program, julie gross, Overview of Baccalaureate/MD programs, Penn State-Jefferson Accelerated Premedical-Medical (PMM), Rochester University Early Medical Scholars (REMS) program, Situational Judgment Test (SJT), Stony Brook’s Scholars for Medicine Program, Union College Early Assurance Program with Albany Medical College, University of Central Florida, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine’s BA/MD Program, University of South Florida’s 7-Year BS/MD Program|

College Waitlists: What are Your Chances of Being Accepted?

Waitlisted and not sure what to do next? Read our tips for analyzing your waitlist chances and follow our next steps to demonstrate your continued interest!

Maureen Meyer2023-04-08T00:01:28-04:00April 7th, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2025, class of 2026, class of 2027, college, college admissions, college applications, college early applications, college list, College update letter, college visits, Collegiate Gateway, Early Action, Early Admissions, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, Uncategorized, virtual college admissions events, Wait Lists, yield|Tags: accepted waitlist offer, admitted from waitlist, Amherst, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, bowdoin, brown, college admissions factors, college admissions trends, collegiate gateway, Columbia, cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, johns hopkins, julie gross, Lehigh, Michigan waitlist, Northwestern, NYU waitlist, Penn State, Princeton waitlist, Stanford waitlist, Tufts, Tulane waitlist, UC Berkeley, University of Miami, University of Miami waitlist, waitlist admission, waitlist letter of continued interest, WashU, Williams|

When Will You Hear Back From Colleges?

Congratulations on submitting your college applications! Now, when will you learn your admissions results? See our list of regular decision notification dates for many selective schools for the Class of 2027 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2023-03-10T11:38:02-05:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2027, college, college admissions, college applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions, Regular Decision Admissions, Regular Decision Notification Dates|Tags: College Admissions, College Applications, College Decisions, regular decision, regular decision notification dates, waitlist letter of continued interest|

Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2027

Take a look at this year’s trends from colleges’ early admissions cycle. We’ve analyzed the story behind the stats at selective schools – from another year of high application numbers to consistently low admission rates.

Maureen Meyer2023-02-17T16:56:20-05:00February 17th, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2027, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Early Action, Early Admissions, early admissions trends, Early Decision, ED2, test-optional, yield|Tags: application deferral, Barnard College, brown university, class of 2027, College Early Admissions, collegiate gateway, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, early action acceptance rates, Early Action Application Numbers, Early admissions trends, early decision acceptance rates, Early Decision Application Numbers, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Ivy League Early Admissions Results, julie gross, MIT, Princeton University, Stanford University, Test-optional Admissions, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Williams College, Yale University|

Who Benefits From Early Decision?

How does Early Decision benefit students and colleges? What is the impact of Early Decision on Regular Decision admissions programs, and why are more colleges using Early Decision to fill almost half of their incoming classes? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more!

Maureen Meyer2023-02-01T10:54:25-05:00February 1st, 2023|Categories: Admissions trends, class of 2027, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, Collegiate Gateway, Early Action, Early Admissions, early admissions trends, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, yield|Tags: Barnard College, Boston College, Boston University, brown university, class of 2027, College Early Decision, collegiate gateway, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early decision, early decision acceptance rates, Early Decision Application Numbers, early decision benefits, early decision problems, ED, history of early decision, Johns Hopkins University, julie gross, Northwestern University, QuestBridge, skidmore college, test-optional Early decision admissions, the Kipp Foundation, Tulane University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, UVA, Washington University in St. Louis, Williams College|