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Columbia University Tour

4/22/2014

Last week, Ms. Stephenie, our college consultant brought 14 high school students around the Columbia University undergraduate campus at Morningside on 116th Street, Manhattan, for a tour. They were told the superstitious stories about the Alma Mater and the students rushed to find the owl to determine who would become the incoming class' Valedictorian. Stories about the Tunnel and Manhattan Project were told as the students walked around and had a firsthand look at the academic classrooms. The infamous Havemeyer classroom where most filming take place was visited, as well as Dodge Fitness Center. Students had the opportunity to ask informal questions and to see a typical Columbia day in progress with many undergraduate and graduate students walking around campus, sitting at the Low steps, and playing soccer at the South Lawn.

After lunch at Columbia's popular cafe, the students toured the Butler Library and had the opportunity to visit the Stacks, observe the old card catalogs, and see hundreds of books that dated back to the early 1900s. The tour concluded at Columbia's Bookstore, where students had the opportunity to rest and buy Columbia logo clothing.

For more information about future tours and the opportunity to have Ms. Stephenie provide you with a fun unofficial Columbia University tour, contact us.

Courtesy of BRAVO

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2014 NYC National College Fair

4/3/2014

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Lee Academia's very own Ms. Stephenie Lee will be providing "One to One Counseling" at New York City's National College Fair this Sunday, April 6th, 2014 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Come stop by the counseling area in the middle of the fair.

The goal of the short counseling center will be to provide individual assistance to parents and students who visit the fair. We will not provide in-depth college counseling. Ms. Stephenie will share 2-3 key strategies for each individual during the brief counseling session, so be sure to stop by.

If interested for a discounted college planning package or test prep package, please contact us for more information. Lee Academia will offer a special price to the students who visit the College Fair. We hope to hear from you soon.

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TAP Award

4/3/2014

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For 40 years, the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) has helped five million state residents pay for college, keeping talent here in the Empire State. The current maximum award is $5,000 and the minimum is $500. TAP goes to families that earn less than $80,000 (net taxable income). TAP awards for undergraduate students have not changed in more than a decade.

Half of the New Yorkers attending college as full-time students use TAP to help meet their college expenses. Boosting the TAP maximum award would help these students pursue their college goals. New York's key official legislators and elected officials should continue to support deserving New Yorkers to receive more grant aid for higher education.

What do you think about TAP?

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Didn't Get into Your First Choice College? 3 Options

4/2/2014

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Ok, you just got rejected from your top-choice college, now what? It's justifiable to feel disappointed. But with the college response day set a May 1st for many colleges nationally, you don't have much time to recover from the rejection. So, you have to make some quick decisions.

We will share 3 courses of action you should consider if you are rejected from your top-choice college.

1. Go to the next best school you got into.
It's likely that you applied to more than one college and that you were accepted to at least one of them. You can even come to love this college as much or even more than your first-choice. Make the best of the situation.

One of our students, whom I'll call Nancy here, was rejected into her dream college (a high reach for her) and ended up in her state college. As a freshman, she is loving the college right now; she's extremely happy and doing well at her second-choice college. Nancy will not consider transferring out of this college at all.

2. Go to a community college and try to transfer later.
Taking classes at a community college or local state school can always help students transfer to their first-choice college. But there are a few things that students need to know about transfer: not all colleges accept transfer students, such as Princeton University..

Transfer requirements differ from incoming freshman requirements. And the acceptance rate for transfer applicants can be lower than i is for incoming freshman, such as Yale University.

3. Apply to another college with a later deadline.
There are some colleges with late deadlines. Colleges with a rolling admissions may still have spots open. You just have to search around and see which schools have late application deadlines.

We understand that receiving a denial letter from a top-choice college always hurts, but there's always a great college out there for every student. Students can always make it work, whether they go with their second-choice school, transfer to their first-choice school or apply to a new school entirely.

Contact our experts for more information and a consultation.

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Ivy League Acceptance Rates for the Class of 2018

4/1/2014

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Last week, top high school students from around the world found out whether they were attending one of the eight prestigious Ivy League universities Fall of 2014.

This year was extremely competitive for some of the Ivies, as Princeton University, Cornell University, and University of Pennsylvania had one of their most selective admissions classes ever recorded, and Brown University, Yale University also had a lower acceptance rate than last year's rate.

Princeton admitted 7.28% of applicants and accepted 1,939 students out of 26,641 applicants. This was down slightly from their 7.29% in 2013.

Cornell admitted 14% this year, taking 6,025 students from 43,041 applications. Cornell accepted 15.2% of applicants last year. While Cornell has the highest admissions rate in the Ivy League, the school dropped their admissions percentage point this year.

University of Penn admitted 9.9% applicants to the Class of 2018, where it was 12.1% for the Class of 2017. 3,551 of 35,788 applicants was accepted.

Brown University admitted 8.6% acceptance rate, with 2,619 of 30,291 applicants accepted. Last year, Brown had a 9.2% acceptance rate.

Yale University was the last to release their admissions data, and posted a lower acceptance rate than last year's 6.72% Yale admitted 6.26% acceptance rate this year, admitting 1,935 of 30,932 applicants.

The other Ivies saw their acceptance rate rise from last year.

Harvard University admitted 5.9% of applicants from last year's 5.8% admissions rate, accepting 2,023 of their 34,295 applications.

Columbia University admitted 6.94% of applicants, up from their record low of 6.89% acceptance rate for Class of 2017. Columbia accepted 2,291 of their 32,967 applicants.

Dartmouth College took 11.5% of applicants to the Class of 2018, which was up from last year's 10% admissions rate. Dartmouth received 19,235 applications and accepted 2,220 this year.

Other top colleges also released their admissions data this week. MIT took 7.7% of applications. Here's a summary of the data:

Brown University — 30,291 applicants (2,619 accepted)
Columbia University — 32,967 applicants (2,291 accepted)
Cornell University — 43,041 applicants (6,025 accepted)
Dartmouth College — 19,235 applicants (2,220 accepted)
Harvard University — 34,295 applicants (2,023 accepted)
University of Pennsylvania — 35,788 applicants (3,551 accepted)
Princeton University — 26,607 applicants (1,939 accepted)
Yale University — 30,922 applicants (1,935 accepted)

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Columbia University Tour

2014 NYC National College Fair

TAP Award

Didn't Get into Your First Choice College? 3 Options

Ivy League Acceptance Rates for the Class of 2018

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