Podcast Episode 44: The profession of College Counseling
Anna Wright, Director of College Counseling at the Benjamin School in Florida, shares her insight on what a full-time college counselor does, and what UK and UK-pattern schools could learn from a very different model of provision for advising students on their university choices.
How competitive is it to get into the ‘top’ US colleges from the UK?
As you’ll see elsewhere on this site (for example here, here and here), I’m a firm believer that too many students apply only to universities they’ve heard of in the USA, and ignore excellent colleges out of their own ignorance. Though this is disappointing to me, it also has an issue for the applicants as […]
US Admissions Statistics 2019-2020 Cycle
As ever, we are collating admissions statistics for a wide range of US colleges: Boston College: 24% Boston University: 18.5% Bowdoin: 8.3% Brown: 6.9% University of Chicago: 6.2% Colby: 9.4% Columbia: 6.1% Dartmouth: 8.8% Duke: 7.7.% Emory: 20.7% Georgetown: 15% Harvard: 4.92% Johns Hopkins: 8.8% Middlebury College: 24% MIT: 7.2% New York University: 15% Northwestern: […]
What to do if you are on a US university waitlist
Being placed on a waitlist can be very annoying: you’re not in, but you’re also not denied. The reason why US universities use waitlists is something I explain here, but in the current admissions cycle of 2020, the ongoing global uncertainty with the Coronavirus pandemic is seeing more universities hold on to students on their waitlists. […]
Podcast Episode 42: In conversation with Jackie Vogl
Jackie Vogl, Associate Vice President for Global Education at SUNY Plattsburgh and I look back over her career in international higher education, discuss the changes that have occurred over that time, and with the benefit of her wisdom look at the current deeply challenging situations that the world is now facing.
Podcast Episode 41: Q&A on Uni entry in 2020
On Friday 20th March 2020, I moderated a Q&A session on the changed university admissions processes in the UK, and for students from the UK holding international offers. Experts Alan Bullock (Alan Bullock Careers), Melanie Moorehouse (St Clare’s Oxford), Mike Nicholson (University of Bath) and Anne Richardson (The American School in London) answered questions submitted […]
Podcast Episode 39: Studying in the USA’s South
Students considering the USA will often say ‘East or West coast’ only, not fully understanding how they might be missing out on some amazing opportunities based on an outdated stereotype. To address this, Tim Neil of Sewanee, the University of the South, and I discuss the ‘Twenty-First Century South’ and why students should not overlook this […]
Webinar: Finding ‘fit’ in the US admissions process
A recording of a webinar session delivered for students at St Clare’s, Oxford, in March 2020:
Podcast Episode 38: Engineering in the USA
Navigating the world of undergraduate engineering education can be a daunting task, especially in the United States, where the landscape of engineering curriculums can be as diverse as the country itself. One striking difference in engineering education in the USA, as compared to the UK, Canada, or many European countries, is the emphasis on non-STEM […]
How do you get into the top US universities?
Recently I gave a talk at a London school, in an evening entitled “Competitive University Admissions”. After ninety minutes of talks on Oxbridge, and 20 minutes or so on UK Medicine, it was my turn. I started my talk by explaining that ‘competitive’ was a complicated term: Oxford and Cambridge take about 1 in 5 […]