If you plan to apply to college, you may wonder if early decision is really worth it. However, before taking another step, you need to understand the difference in early action and early decision fully.  Early action is non-binding, and you are not required to say...

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the economy, businesses across the country, and virtually every aspect of normal life. Unfortunately, this is a trend that doesn’t seem like it will stop any time soon. With the fall semester for college right around the corner, many...

Over 2 million students will start their freshman year at college in 2020. If you have worked hard and landed a spot at one of the eight Ivy League schools in America, you need to start preparing for your freshman year. While landing one of these highly coveted spots...

For the class of 2021, the eight Ivy League schools, including Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, and Brown, had a sum of 281,060 applicants. Less than 10 percent of these applicants got admission offers. Of all,...

The virus. This unrest. It's a challenging world we're living in and I hope you are feeling safe wherever you are. For many, and especially our African-American friends, it’s been extremely disturbing to witness the recent acts of violence and racism here in the...

Let's talk about the value of uniqueness. Today's students are often laser-focused on standards – metrics for success. GPAs and SATs. Percentile work. All of that is incredibly important, but there's another thing that's also important, not only in college admissions,...

Over 19 million young adults will head-off to college in 2020. Selecting the right college is one of the most complicated processes you will experience in your life. If you want to attend prestigious and well-known universities, you will have to fill out a college...

It's a question that we encounter on a regular basis: our students and parents want to make the best choices and get the right options for their families. We help to consult on all sorts of academic affairs. Our staff is knowledgeable and experienced in helping...

We hope that this message finds you well, healthy and safe. Given the quest for information and support during this challenging time, we want to share some resources to help your college process today. 1. NACAC College Admission Status Update: NACAC has developed a...

The college admissions and college consulting industries have been fueled by international enrollment growth. But the spread of COVID-19 could change the landscape of college admissions for the foreseeable future. Here are three impacts we at Ivy Insight have identified as of February 2020.

The Ivy League is, in some ways, a community like any other. Some might call it a “club,” but that seems a little pejorative, and it doesn't really represent an accurate picture when it comes to these institutions that have maintained their role in the American...

In Forbes, I wrote about the 4 Trends Impacting U.S. college admissions in 2020. They include a revolution in standardized testing, greater transparency in the admissions process and increased demand for online degree programs.

In the last entry, I told you about Mike who started his own peer-review club to help him finish his book, which he published on Amazon.com. Now I’ll share with you a list of other activities that admissions officers consider to be absolutely outstanding. The...

If you read the title of this post and got a shiver down your spine, a racing heart, or a tightness in your body, you’re not alone. Many students are afraid to approach professors, admissions officers and other personnel of the college. I totally understand your pain,...

Four years, over 2 million minutes and over 1 billion seconds of high school comes down to 8 minutes of admissions review. Eight minutes! What am I talking about? In case you missed it, The Wall Street Journal reported that elite colleges like Penn, Rice and Bucknell...