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20 Jan SAT Subject Tests, Essay terminated, effective immediately

Posted at 19:25h in Class of 2022, College Admissions News, College Application Series, College Application Tips, scholarships, Test Prep by nicole 0 Comments

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10 Dec College Class of 2025 – Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Posted at 21:59h in 2025 Admissions, College Admissions News, College Application Tips, College Essay, scholarships, Test Prep by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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We are approaching the end of the year and we all know what that means - Early Decision and Early Action Notifications are here! We know that many of you are on the edge of your seat and we have our fingers crossed for you too! While...

08 Jul Harvard and MIT Sue US Gov’t For Barring International Students from Online-Only Universities

Posted at 16:56h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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Both Harvard University & the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces to file a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over new ruling that now bars international students from living in the U.S. while...

07 Jul EARLY REVEAL: 2020-2021 Supplemental Essay Prompts

Posted at 17:43h in College Admissions News, College Application Tips, College Essay, Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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As Summer 2020 rolls right in, so does the start of a new college application season! Colleges know that the application process can be lengthy and overwhelming - especially this year with so many changes to the college landscape on a whole. To help combat...

20 May AIM’s Ultimate Guide to 2020-2021 Common App Essay Prompts

Posted at 22:09h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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For the past 3 application seasons, the Common App has kept up a tradition of no changes to the essay prompts. The same 7 essay prompts have been presented to hopeful applicants (to choose 1) since 2017, and we all assumed that this year would...

30 Apr CONGRATS Class of 2024: AIM Admissions Results

Posted at 17:04h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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It's that time of year when AIM's Class of 2020 has received all letters by mail or virtually, telling them if they've gotten in or not. It's a time of much anxiety and confusion but also relief and happiness. Our AIMers have put in so...

16 Apr Class of 2024: College Admissions Stats So Far!

Posted at 19:39h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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Class of 2024 college admissions statistics were released during the first week of April and we want to give you our best analysis for what all those tables and numbers mean (but if you'd like to see these tables and numbers for yourself, you can...

07 Apr AIM CORONA INFO CENTER: Latest Admissions, Testing and College Updates

Posted at 19:40h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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[caption id="attachment_18024" align="alignleft" width="300"] Illustration by Mai Ly Degnan from NPR[/caption] It's no secret that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought some devastating and confusing news for college bound high school students - especially those in Grade 11 or Lower 6. With school closures and the discouragement...

10 Mar My SAT/ACT Results Are Here – What Now?

Posted at 22:43h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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Congrats on completing the SAT or ACT! You’ve just completed a huge part of the journey to going to college abroad. You should be proud of this step that you've made, and we hope that you earned that score you needed to put you one...

11 Feb International News Break: Decline in Early College Applicants

Posted at 21:17h in Uncategorized by TJ Chung 0 Comments

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Has early decision (ED) and early action (EA) hit its popularity limit? Just last year US colleges and universities recorded an all time high at the number of ED and EA applications, but just one year later, we’ve already begun to see a decline. Applying ED...