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Harvard expands essay requirement for admission

Harvard’s 2023 College Application now contains five required short-answer supplemental questions, instead of the previous single optional essay. When the Common Application portal opened on Aug. 1, high school students found a significant change in the Harvard College application: the Harvard supplement optional essay has been replaced with five required 200-word limit short answer questions. “As part […]

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FITREE LEARNING students admitted into top colleges during the 2022-23 application cycle

FITREE LEARNING students were admitted into top US colleges, including: Harvard, MIT, Brown, Duke, Vanderbilt, Rice, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, USC, Georgia Tech, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UT Austin.  CONGRATS 2022-23 FITREE LEARNING STUDENTS! FITREE LEARNING students will be attending top colleges like Harvard in Fall 2023 after having benefited from expert guidance in producing

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Columbia Announces Indefinite Test-Optional Admissions Policy

In March 2023, Columbia became the first Ivy League college to become Test-Optional without an attached end-date for all undergraduate applicants. In announcing its indefinite Test-Optional policy, Columbia cited its consideration of “varied backgrounds, voices and experiences in order to best determine an applicant’s suitability for admission”. Columbia thus becomes the first Ivy League college

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Insight into College Admissions: Extracurricular Activities and Summer Programs

As competition to get into elite colleges such as MIT and Harvard becomes stiffer year after year, the most successful students strategically plan their Extracurricular Activities starting early in their high school years.  Learn how elite colleges judge Extracurricular Activities.  Six Key Factors in Extracurricular Activities #1 Selectivity More selective activities are more impressive than less selective ones:

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Insight into College Admissions: Preparing for the Interview

Interviews are more important than ever in college admissions.  Learn insights into how to master the college interview process from FITree Learning. What Top Colleges Look For In Interviews With test optional policies adopted by the Ivy League and a majority of colleges (Harvard will remain test optional through the Class of 2030), interviews are

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Rice University President inaugurated on Oct. 22, 2022

FITree Learning CEO Jeffrey Chen was pleased to celebrate, alongside members of the international academic community, the inauguration of Rice University’s eighth president, Reginald DesRoches. Rice University President Reginald DesRoches. FITree Learning CEO Jeffrey Chen and Rice University President DesRoches. Rice University faculty in full academic regalia. It was a thrilling October day for both

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Update on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan

This article contains latest information about the Biden Administration’s plan to provide student debt relief to eligible borrowers.  Find out important information about who’s eligible.    On Aug. 24, 2022, the Biden Administration announced a Student Debt Relief Plan that includes one-time student loan debt relief targeted to low- and middle-income families. The U.S. Department of Education will

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