UC Berkeley Designates Economics as STEM
After two years of lobbying, Berkeley has officially designated economics as a STEM major. The change is intended to appeal to international students…
A Preventable Error that Cost a Student a Shot at Berkeley
This is a continuation of my previous post, Applying to Berkeley: 4 Biggest Fails with Remarkable Turnarounds About three years ago I worked…
A Complilation of UC Rankings
Global Rankings 2019 The University of California was named among the world’s best universities in two separate rankings this week, with both assessments…
Applying to Berkeley: 4 Biggest Fails with Remarkable Turnarounds
It ain't over till it's over. Someone famous said that. Below are four Berkeley appeals I worked on with students, along with four…
BREAKING: The new ASSIST is up!
They promised the Next Gen Assist by May 2019 and unrolled it on May 31st. ( I'm impressed.) I will be doing a…
UC Creates a Nifty Infographic to Track Students
The UC just unveiled an interactive infographic that shows you you various facets of its student population. Click here to explore.
Community Forum added to CA College Transfer
I've been considering a UC discussion forum for a while. Not to bring the hordes in, as that is not its purpose. Instead,…
Next Steps After Acceptance to a UC
By now you've either heard from all the UCs to which you applied or are getting close to crunch time. The golden hour…
Freshman Waitlist and Appeal Deadlines
I realize only now that I only put transfer waitlist and appeal deadlines up a while back, but neglected to update with the…
UC Personal Insight Prompts to Remain the Same
Just a quick update: the UC Personal Insight prompts for both freshmen and transfers will remain the same for 2020 applicants. More to…