The Best U College Admissions Consulting

  California is a very popular college destination. Most often, the colleges students bring to the conversation are the ‘UCs’ or the University of California colleges. If places like Berkeley, UCLA, or UC San Diego are on your mind, here are three things you need to know about admission to the UCs –  Know what’s expected & plan ahead  The UCs have specific high school course requirements, aligned to the California state requirements. They refer to these as the “A-G” requirements   and you’ll want to make sure that you are planning ahead throughout high school to meet these to be considered as an applicant. Most students who are taking a rigorous program in high school are on track to meet these. The one that we find most catches students off guard is the arts requirement.  The UCs require that an applicant has completed two semesters in the same artistic discipline  – dance, music, theater, visual or interdisciplinary arts. The courses can be taken in d...

  With the 2024 admissions cycle winding down, here are a few things we’ve seen this year, and what to watch as these trends shape admissions going forward – Trend #1  Non-traditional Acceptance Pathways Perhaps more than any other year, we’ve seen a broader range of colleges offer ‘non-traditional’ pathways to acceptance.  More colleges than before offered students spring admission.  In this case, a student is admitted, but will not begin their education and life on the campus until the spring semester of their first year. This means students need to find other opportunities such as employment or volunteering for the fall semester, and then join the first-year class when the spring semester begins. For a college, this solves a housing and enrollment crunch in the fall semester. These schools are offering more robust spring orientations and opportunities for a sizable number of incoming first year students to acclimate in the spring semester. We’re also  seeing ...