This document provides information about various aspects of the college application process and options. It discusses the different types of application options such as early decision, early action, and rolling admission. It also summarizes the selectivity and profiles of top public universities and liberal arts colleges. Finally, it emphasizes that students can be successful regardless of where they attend college by highlighting CEOs of Fortune 500 companies who attended diverse undergraduate institutions.

1. A Deeper Look
Into the

6. Campus Environment
+
Culture

7. VS

9. International Students
Diversity

10. (600+ institutions;
20 application limit)
4-year institutions
(9 institutions;
self-reported application)
4-year institutions

12. Application Components and Requirements
***

14. All Private

15. Transcript
Testing
Essays
LOR
Interview
Application
Student Counselor

16. Application Options
➡ Early Options
➡ Rolling
➡ Regular Decision
➡ State/Public Schools

17. Application Options
➡ Early Decision:
deadline; Mid-December Results; Binding
➡ Restrictive Early Action:
deadline, Mid-December result, Non-
binding
➡ Early Action:
Mid-December Results, Non-binding
➡ Rolling:
➡ Regular Decision:
➡ State & Public Schools (some)

18. Of the “ED” pool:
13.4% were recruited athletes
23.3% were legacies

22. “It is important to keep in mind that how many times you take
an exam does reflect in part, your overall allocation of time.
How much time are you spending studying for the SAT vs.
engaging in academic or intellectual endeavors, or
extracurriculars?” --Dartmouth

24. Support

25. Etc.

26. Recommendations
➡ Letters of Recommendation (LOR)
Junior/Senior Teachers
➡ “If you want me to write a rec. for you - talk!
Share your ideas! And listen to your peers!”
➡ A correlation between the student’s vocal
participation and the strength of the letter.
➡ LORs will be requested 2nd Semester.

27. 1.Will this student succeed academically?
2.What will the student bring to our
community?
1. Academic Ability
2. Contribution to community
3. Character

30. Top Public Universities
• Univ. of Virginia, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UNC-
Chapel Hill, Univ. of Michigan.
• UC-San Diego, UI-Urbana Champaigne, Univ. of
Maryland-College Park, William & Mary, Univ. of
Florida, Univ. of Washington, UT-Austin, UC-
Santa Barbara, Penn State, Univ. of IN-
Bloomington, Georgia Tech., SUNY
Binghampton, Wisconsin-Madison, Arizona
State, Univ. of Delaware, Univ. of Vermont.

31. Range of Selectivity
• According to school, state and program.
• Business programs: 2-3 year vs 4 year
➡ Ross (Michigan), Haas (Berkeley), Darden
(Virginia)
➡ Kelley (Indiana), Scheller (GTech), W.P. Carey
(Arizona State), Robert H. Smith (Maryland-College
Park), Warrington (Florida), McCombs (UT-Austin),
UIUC College of Business, UW-Madison College of
Business, Darla Moore (South Carolina).

32. • Nearly all offer honors programs
• Top Honors Programs:
➡ Ohio State, UT-Austin, Univ. of Delaware, Univ.
of Florida, Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Virginia,
Berkeley, Maryland-College Park, Univ. of
Oregon, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. of
Washington, Arizona State, Univ. of Oregon,
Univ. of Indiana, Univ. of South Carolina.

33. 0
2.5
5
7.5
10
UT Austin Ohio State UW-Madison Florida Indiana Penn State
# of Applications:
Class of 2015 & 2016

34. “artes” = general skills
“liberals” = a free person
Contribute to a meaningful society.
Broad education:
Arts, humanities, social sciences,
math, and science.
Liberal Arts

35. Undergraduate Origins of PhD

36. Does your “major” truly dictate your career?

38. 17 students at 9 of the top 25 Liberal Arts colleges.
3 students at CMC, Weselyan, Colgate & Haverford
1 student at Vassar, Washington & Lee, Middlebury,
Macalaster, & Hamilton

39. Top Liberal Arts Schools

40. IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)
statistics are clear that the median Top 15 LAC has greater
endowment per/student than the median university in the
Top 15 National University
Swarthmore College
$1,000,000 of endowment per/student
(more than 3 times that of Columbia and Brown)
2012 - Present = 0 Matriculations

41. Smaller Schools + LACs
That Offer Engineering
Harvey Mudd (CA)
Franklin Olin (MA)
Cooper Union (NY)
Swarthmore (PA)
Bucknell (PA)
Rose Hulman Inst. (IN)
Colorado School of Mines (CO)
Rensselaer Polytech Inst. (NY)
Trinity College (CT)
Worcester Polytech Inst. (MA)
Smith College (MA)
Milwaukee School of Eng. (WI)

42. 3-2 Programs
Students who wish to study engineering can spend 3
years at a LAC and then transfer to a major university to
study engineering for 2 years. Ultimately, the student
receives 2 degrees from 2 different schools.
Nearly all LACs have agreements with schools, such as:
Columbia, Washington Univ. at St. Louis, Dartmouth,
Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, Case Western, Washington-
Seattle, GTech, Penn State, Rennselaer Polytech. Inst., etc.

43. LACs w/ Cross-Registration Options
Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna,
Scripps & Harvey Mudd
Five College Consortium: Amherst, UMass-Amherst, Mt.
Holyoke, Smith & Hampshire
Boston Area Consortium: Tufts, Boston College, Boston
University, Brandeis & Hebrew College
Columbia & Barnard
Wellesley: Babson, Bentley, Olin & MIT
Quaker Consortium: Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr
& UPenn

44. Univ. of Cincinnati
Drexel Univ.
Georgia Inst. of Tech
Johnson & Wales Univ.
Kettering Univ.
Butler Univ.
Long Island Univ.
Univ. of Louisville
Northeastern Univ.
UMass-Amherst
Pace Univ.
Rochester Inst. of Tech.
Wentworth Inst. of Tech.
Univ. of Waterloo (Canada

45. Non-Traditional Scheduling
Knox College (IL)
Colorado College (CO)
Cornell College (IA)
Tusculum Univ. (TN)
Spalding Univ. (KY)

46. Brown Univ.
Amherst Coll.
NYU-Gallatin
Smith College
Univ. of Rochester
Vassar College

47. Columbia Univ.
Univ. of Chicago
Boston College
NYU
Stanford (Ways)
Georgetown
etc.
Core Curriculum

49. Programs for the Budding Entrepreneur
Babson College (MA)
Bentley Univ. (MA)
Bryant Univ. (RI)
Claremont McKenna (CA)
Drexel Univ. (PA)
Univ. of Houston (TX)
Indiana Univ. (IN)
Northeastern Univ. (MA)
Rochester Univ. (NY)
Worcester Polytech Inst. (MA)

50. It is not where you go, but what
you do when you get there
• “There’s a widespread conviction, spoken and
unspoken, that the road to riches is trimmed in
Ivy and the reins of power held by those
who’ve donned Harvard’s crimson, Yale’s blue
and Princeton’s orange, not just on their
chests but in their souls. No one told that to
the Fortune 500. They’re the American
corporations with the highest gross revenues.
The list is revised yearly. As I write this
paragraph in the summer of 2014, the top ten
are, in order, Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil,
Chevron, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple,
Phillips 66, General Motors, Ford Motor,
General Electric and Valero Energy. And
here’s the list, in the same order, of schools
where their chief executives got their
undergraduate degrees: the University of
Arkansas; the University of Texas; the
University of California, Davis; the
University of Nebraska; Auburn; Texas
A&M; the General Motors Institute (now
called Kettering University); the University
of Kansas; Dartmouth College and the
University of Missouri–St. Louis. Just one
Ivy League school shows up.”

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