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Author: Karen Hott

Harvey Mudd combines liberal arts, STEM

Harvey Mudd College is the STEM school of the five undergraduates schools within the Claremont Colleges, joining Pitzer, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pomona. These schools, plus two graduate institutes, lie within a square mile 35 miles east of Los Angeles.

Karen Hott December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 general Read more

Test-Optional at Emory, Rhodes, and UNC

The bottom lines:  1. Be careful about the conclusions you draw from numbers showing that a greater percentage of admitted students submitted test scores. Test scores often correlate to achievement in the classroom, so those with high scores most often

Karen Hott December 3, 2021December 4, 2021 general Read more

Guide to Paying for College

College Essay Guy The College Essay Guy, Ethan Sawyer, collaborated with financial aid expert Jeff Levy and others to put together this simple guide to paying for college. Check it out at the link below: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/paying-for-college/home

Karen Hott December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 general Read more

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: collaborative, interdisciplinary

The RPI Open House Nov. 14 conveyed the strength and flexibility of its programs. Rensselaer, in Troy, New York, comprises six schools: Engineering; Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; the Lally School of Management; the School of Science; and Information Technology

Karen Hott November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 general Read more

Is this a good school?

Rick Clark, director of undergraduate admissions for the highly selective Georgia Tech, always writes an engaging blog, but this one is a gem! I love the photo of his daughter. On Sunday after lunch, I was watching college football highlights,

Karen Hott October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 general Read more

SAT/ACT dealt blows from UC, NCAA

From The Chronicle of Higher Education Reporter’s Notebook: The weakening grip of standardized tests. From our Eric Hoover: Since March 2020, I’ve written more articles about standardized testing than about anything else in the admissions realm. After all, the pandemic forced many

Karen Hott October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 general Read more

Bryant U. combines business with liberal arts

Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan college fair, Sept. 20, 2021 Bryant University has a long history dating all the way back to 1863. Our original campus was in downtown Providence, right where the campus of Brown University sits today, and then

Karen Hott September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 general Read more

Salve Regina: working toward harmony

Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan Sept. 19, 2021 My name is Christina Bertie and I am the Senior Associate Dean of Admissions at Salve Regina University. This is a picture of our campus. We are located in Newport, Rhode Island. So

Karen Hott September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 general Read more

RIT combines STEM and arts

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (NY) mamadm@rit.edu Mariah Giardino Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan Sept. 19, 2021 My name is Maria McLean Guardino. I’m Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Rochester Institute of Technology. Alrighty, so we are located in upstate

Karen Hott September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 general Read more

Christopher Newport: “Dorms like palaces”

Christopher Newport University transcript from Sept. 19, 2021 StriveScan [I missed the very beginning of the presentation and the transcript starts here.] Most popular is our Masters of Arts in Teaching program. We also offer a masters of environmental science,

Karen Hott September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 general Read more
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Student Testimony

Ohio Wesleyan gave me $120,000 over 4 years and allowed me to enter the honors college. Plus the Vice President of admissions wrote a letter about how they liked my essay! Thank you for all the help!

Betsy E., class of 2021

About Karen Hott

Karen Hott is an educator with 40 years of experience helping teens develop into competent young adults.

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