Happy Holidays

 Just taking a moment to wish everyone a merry christmas and happy holidays

  With only 5 days left to the Jan 01 deadline, a ot of people are too stressed out.

 Do take a brief break to enjoy the holidays. For  studednts ( especially foreign students) this may be your last family holiday  season for a few years. Do enjoy your vacation.

  Take a day off then just  get the applications done 

  Ther are many great options still open evenafter Jan 01 including:

• Michigan
• Wisconsin
• Case Western  Reserve
• Penn State
• Pittsburgh
• Purdue
• Michigan State
• Washington University St. Louis
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10 days to go

 Ther are only 10 days to go in the main application cycle.

   If you have been reading and following my advice  you would have applied EA to several schools and by now you are in a position to  incorporate some early feedback.
 Readjust your list  depending on  your acceptance offers or rejections.
  Identify the 3-4   remaining target schools in l your list  and make a final concerted push at  those in thes last few days

 Donrt worry - a lot of good options are still available  afyter Jan 1 including,    Michigan, Case Western, Wisconson, Pittsburgh,  Penn State, Washington University(St.Louis)

safety schools for liberal arts majors

 Just as with STEM Majors, Liberal Arts Majors   look for specific  requirements for a safety college.

 A good liberal arts  school offer small classrooms and   a high level of faculty -student interaction  along with a genuine opportunity for students to  do research

  A brief list "safe" college options for liberal sarts majors follows:

• t. Mary's college , Maryland
• Willamette College
• Allegheny College
• Gettysburg College
• Syracuse University
• University of Delaware
• Providence College
• Ohio Wesleyan College
• College of new Jersey
• University of  New Hampshire
• Wabash College

Safety schools for STEM majors

 Students seeking to major in STEM progrsams  usually have  a slightly different perspective on admissions  especially with regards to undergraduate research oportunities and lab resources

 Some excellent  STEM programs  are atr these universities where a well prepared student  can feel confident about securing admission ( often with a scholarship)

• Virginia Tech
• Rochester Institute of Tevhnology
• Rose Hulman Institute of technology
• University of Massachusetts - Amherst
• Syracuse University
• Ohio State University
• Texas Tech
• Northestern
• University of Houston
• Californis State Polytechnic- Pomona
• Arizona State University

Safety Schools

Assuming you havre an SAT score of 1300+ or ACT of 28+ and a decent overall profile , several  universities can be  thought of as "saffe" choices whre you have a very strong likelihood ofadmission

 The  best kmown options are:

• Penn State University
• Purdue University
• University of Pittsburgh
• Syracuse University
• University of Masdsachusetts - Amherst
• Rutgers University
• Virginia Tech
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Baylor University
• University of Iowa
• Indiana University-Purdur-Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• University of Illinois Chicago
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Drexel University
• University of Delaware
• University of Colorado
• Ohio Wesleyan University

 I will be looking at "safe" schools by major  later

Only 3 weeks to go

 At this stage , there  are just over weeks weeks left to  complete most of your your applications.  Of course there are several good optios  that have  mid Jan and February deadlinea but the msajority are due January 1.

 Keep in mind that your college list have a few "afw schools" that you  feel  confident about getting admission.
 Apply to at least  2 of these - so you will have one more decisionto make in spring

 How to identify a safe school.

 1.  download trhe admission  common datsa set,  your SAT or ACT scor should be  at or above the 75th percentile reported.
2. The school should have your desired major
3.   your counselor would know of other  students who were accepted with a similar profile
 your extra cirricular activities shoud match
 for students in the coming days.

I will be looking at somew common "safe choices  in the coming days

Georgetown Early Action

Georgetown Early Action.

 Georgetown is a prenmier university  in  Washingtin DC. Georgetown may be best kniown for its school of Foreign Service and politicam science priogram but the  business  and   ;iberal arts programs are equally solid.

 If accepted at Georgetown in EA, you can simplify your   application list significant as you only need to focus on 

 Universities worth applying to   include"

• University of Virginia
• Johns Hopkins
• Tufts
• Emory
• University of Pennsylvania
• Columbia
• Chicago
• If you were not accepted dont  be alarmed. Reevaluate your options.
• Universitires worth looking at include:
• Penn State
• Wake Forest
• Virginia Tech
• College of William and Mary
• University of Maryland
• Southern Methodist  University
• George Mason 
• George Washington  University

 As always  feel free to contact clearskyeducation( clearskyeducation@gmail.com) for help with your final application push

Case Western Reserve UIniversity Early Action

Case Western Reserve University is an DTEM focussed University based in University Ciorcle , Cleveland. Case  ( as it is commonly called) has exzcellent pre-med, science and engineering programs , all with a strong  focus on iundergraduate project work anfd research.

 It is one of the betyter STEM options  that has an Early Admission. option

 If accepted to Case you can  b nnow focus on the elite STEM programs.

 I recommend making a push for

• Stanford 
• CMU
• MIT
• Georgia Tech
• Michigan
• Harvey Mudd College
• Cornell
• Rice

 If you did  not get in,  there are several excellent options still available including:

• Penn State
• Ohio State
• Illinois   Institute of Technolofy (IIT)
• Wisconsin
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• University of Rochester
• University of Maryland
• Rose Hulman

 As always  feel free to contact clearskyeducation( clearskyeducation@gmail.com) for help with your final application push

University of North Caroline Early Action

  The University of  North Carolina - Chapel Hill is one of the most underrated early action opotions.

   UNC is widely regarded as a pubnlic ivy and  especially strong programs in the STEM fields  ( especially computer science)

 If accepted at UNC in EA, you can simplify your   application list significant as you only need to focus on 

 Universities worth applying to   include"

• University of Virginia
• Johns Hopkins
• Georgetown
• Georgia Tech
• Duke
• Davidson college
• Rice
• Emory
• If you were not accepted dont  be alarmed. Reevaluate your options.
• Universitires worth looking at include:
• NS State - Raleigh
• Wake Forest
• Virginia Tech
• University of Maryland
• Southern Methodist  University
• George Mason 
• George Washington  University

 As always  feel free to contact clearskyeducation( clearskyeducation@gmail.com) for help with your final application push