by Ivy League Potential | Jan 24, 2024 | Deans of Admission
Today we watched an interview with MIT Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill, who emphasized the importance of extracurricular activities. College admissions officers want to know how students will contribute to the campus community, and what they do in high school...
by Ivy League Potential | Dec 29, 2023 | Creativity, Deans of Admission, Extracurricular Activities
Yesterday we participated in a live webinar with Harvard's Dean of Admissions, William Fitzimmons. He talked extensively about the progress the university has made over the past several decades in trying to “level the playing field”. He also talked...
by Ivy League Potential | Oct 13, 2023 | College Essays, Deans of Admission
At Ivy League Potential, our students spend many hours working on their college essays. The average student goes through approximately 3-5 revisions on their main college essay. How important is the college essay? The Former Dean of Admission at Princeton University...
by Ivy League Potential | Oct 6, 2023 | College Counseling, Deans of Admission, Selecting Colleges
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” ~Stephen R. Covey Recently we watched a short video interview of Jeffrey Brenzel, former Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale University. What we found most interesting is that he wanted students to...
by Ivy League Potential | Sep 21, 2023 | Deans of Admission
We recently watched a short video of Eric Furda speaking. Eric was the Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania from 2008-2020. One important message he gives to future engineering students is that the faculty at Penn's engineering school prefer that...
by Ivy League Potential | Sep 14, 2023 | Deans of Admission
Do you ever wish you could hear directly from the deans of admissions at top universities? Today we want to share a video interview of William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard University. We found the video really...
