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When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in June 2023, colleges and universities across the country scrambled to find alternative solutions that promote diversity and inclusion in the admissions process. For many, this mea…

Students who plan to go to medical school generally spend their undergraduate years pursuing a pre-med course of study to prepare them for a career in medicine or other health fields. But what exactly is pre-med, and what courses are you ex…

The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia. “Penn,” as it’s colloquially known, was the first university established in the U.S. Originally founded in 1740 as a charity school and church, Benjam…

…ndidate As an admissions officer at the University of Pennsylvania, I reviewed thousands of applications from students convinced they wanted to study undergraduate business. I often started each day opening applications to the business scho…

…or the Pratt School of Engineering. The University of Pennsylvania requires you to apply to one of its four schools. Conversely, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not require you to apply to a specific major or college. I…

…ime in both undergraduate admissions at University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and MBA Admissions at the Wharton School, I noticed some trends in applications that rose to the top of the pool and a few that always fell flat. Here are some essay…

IvyWise Scholar Mary Shares Her Top Tips for Students Applying to College It's so important to have perspective when going through the college admissions process, which is why we've reached out to one of our own students, Mary, to share…

…ion.” – Student, UAEAccepted to the University of Pennsylvania “Throughout the entirety of the college application process, IvyWise was right by my side, which made my experience immeasurably better. ...I couldn’t have done it witho…

Learn Which Colleges are Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines for Students As many colleges prepare to welcome a larger number of students back to campus this fall, some universities are moving to require COVID-19 vaccines for all members of the com…

…opportunities at Haverford College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Swarthmore College. Scripps College in Claremont, California, was founded in 1926. It’s particularly known for its beautiful campus, which is listed in the National R…

… Universities  The first HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, was established in 1837, followed by other institutions such as Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in 1854 and Wilberforce University in 1856. During the era of slavery and…

…inning the MBA program at Darden. The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School The Moelis Advance Access Program offers both undergraduate and full-time master’s students in their final year of study guaranteed admission to the Whar…

Here are the Colleges that Superscore the ACT Superscoring is the practice of considering only the highest section scores across all SAT or ACT test scores that are submitted when evaluating applications. Many schools already superscore for…

Colleges Continue to Report Record-Low Admission Rates, Stanford Admits 4.69% of Applicants for the Class of 2020   It was another competitive admission season for the class of 2020, with admission rates for the incoming freshman class…

…ke the University of Virginia (55,845), University of Pennsylvania (59,000+), NYU (~120,000), and Bowdoin (10,934) all reported their largest applicant pools ever, with some schools like Boston University seeing record-high numbers of stu…

…siness programs. Some schools, like the University of Pennsylvania and American University, offer a completely integrated program. This means that you start out as a student in the business school and spend all four years taking business an…

…the regular round, and last year at the University of Pennsylvania, 125 of deferred applicants were accepted in the regular round – accounting for roughly 9% of admitted students at a college with an overall admission rate of 9.9%. It’s…

…r entrepreneurial students include MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Baylor University, Syracuse University, and Clarkson University. Keep in mind, however, that students interested in entrepreneurship don’t always have to major in busines…

….87% 14.60% 16.50% 15.30% 17.60% 18.40% University of Pennsylvania TBA  5.80% 6.50% 5.68% 8.00% 7.40% 8.40% 9.10% University of Richmond 22.00% 23.31% 24.37% 28.70% 30.00% 28.30% 29.80% 32.90% University of Southern California 9.20% 10.02%…

…Associate Director of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania. "I think that 'understanding your why' is extremely important in this process. My advice to students is to be open-minded and to ask yourself tons of questions." Cara Cara�…