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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...

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...

08 Feb Common App Prompts 2019 Released

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ESSAY SEASON IS HERE! Finally, the essay prompts for the 2019-2020 reiteration of the Common Application are out! It’s still early days yet, but now is the time for high school Juniors / Lower 6ers (those in their second to last year of high school) to...

16 Aug Choosing Between the SAT and the ACT

Posted at 15:24h in Academic Advice, Application Tips, Class of 2023, College Application Series, College Application Tips by AIM Educational Services 0 Comments

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Standardized test scores are a crucial part of college applications, as they help admissions officers gauge a prospective applicant’s academic proficiency. As such, it is absolutely crucial that students do everything in their power to maximize the scores that they present on their college applications....

01 Jun Should you take the ‘Optional’ SAT Essay?

Posted at 20:07h in Academic Advice, Application Tips, College Admissions News, College Application Tips by admin 0 Comments

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Last year College Board did a complete overhaul of the SAT Exam and left many students and parents scrambling. Will the redesigned SAT be harder? How would the Old SAT results be viewed in the admissions process? With all the changes to the overall structure...

23 Mar AIMers’ College Acceptances 2017!!

Posted at 17:54h in 2017 Admissions, Class of 2021, College Admissions News, College Application Series, College Application Tips by admin 0 Comments

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Results speak! At AIM it has been a record-breaking year!! 95% of AIM students got into 1 or more of their 3 top choice colleges! Our average scholarship per student is up by over US$8000 per student standing at $38,000 per year for a 4 year university,...

24 Oct Why the Liberal Arts?

Posted at 14:52h in Application Tips, Class of 2020, College Application Series, College Application Tips, Gap Year by nicole 0 Comments

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Here are some excerpts from Wesleyan President Michael Roth's article "Why the Liberal Arts Matter" What is a Liberal Arts Education? "This means that your courses will be in general areas of study--philosophy, mathematics, literature, art history, economics, languages, and so on--rather than in applied or specialized fields....

10 Oct How Much Need-Based Aid Might You Qualify For?

Posted at 13:09h in Class of 2020, College Application Series, College Application Tips, scholarships, Uncategorized by nicole 0 Comments

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Financial Aid - one of the MOST important aspects of this entire process! When I was applying to college my dad told me plain and straight, apply to schools you can get a full scholarship to. So...

05 Sep Are you taking the RIGHT CSEC / CAPE / IB Subjects?

Posted at 02:22h in Application Tips, College Application Series, College Application Tips by nicole 0 Comments

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It's back to school time! So no better time than now to make sure you're on track for college application success! One of the number one challenges Caribbean students face is misalignment of their own subject choices with US university expectations and preferences. US colleges expect...