Applying to College: The Ultimate Guide for 2023-2024 Admissions

Wondering how to apply to college in the 2023-2024 admissions cycle, how to choose what schools to apply to, how to fill out your applications effectively, and how to get into the most elite and top tier schools? This video is perfect for students who are rising seniors or parents of rising seniors that want to gain an advantage in the college admissions process and learn how to get accepted into the best colleges in the country. With special guest college planner Amy Miller, founder of Launch IV, we uncover college planning secrets and insider information that will help you know what colleges are looking for right now in an applicant. If you're wondering whether to submit or withhold your SAT/ACT test scores or how you should apply (Early Action, Early Decision, or Regular Decision), we cover it all! Applying to college is more competitive than ever, so it will be to your benefit to watch this helpful college planner video the whole way through so you can get an edge in the college admissions process and stand out on your college application!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:35 How to Handle Test Optional Policies this Year
01:15 Current Advice on When to Send and Not Send Scores
02:10 When You Should Opt Out of Testing and Focus on Soft Factors Instead
03:22 The Importance of Rigor in Your Schedule for Ivies and Top Tier Schools
04:00 Do Colleges Know Your High School Profile Well Enough?
05:58 Why Early Decision (ED) is Better than Early Action (EA)
08:01 College Yield Rates
08:37 How Many Schools Can You Apply to Early Decision?
08:49 How Many Schools Should a Student Apply to?
09:48 How to Choose Schools to Apply To
10:53 Why You Shouldn't Tell Others What Schools You are Applying to
11:54 Potential Downside to Applying Early Decision
12:46 When Parents' Salaries Matter
13:49 What Does a College Planner Do?
16:24 Why You Should Develop a Relationship with Your Counselor
17:45 What "Shaping Your Story" Means
20:11 Amy's Tip for Your College Application
22:38 Outtro

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About Me
My name is Laura Whitmore and I own Strategic Test Prep. I have been an SAT and ACT test prep tutor for over 15 years! I have helped hundreds of high school students boost their scores on both the SAT and ACT tests. My students have had significant score gains using my strategies! After only 3-6 months working with me, 95% of my students increase their SAT scores by 100-400 points. I work with students all over the world on both the paper SAT and digital SAT, as well as the ACT. I have some awesome tutors that work with me, too:)

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[prottoydas]

Could you perhaps make a video on possible math or English questions that might come on the August DSAT?

[graceb]

Hi! I'm currently doing my college search and Im reaching out to colleges as well I'm retaking the SAT in August. My dream school is Northwestern and my current GPA is 3.95. Do you believe that is enough to get in? Im going into my senior year and taking a handful of AP classes too. What's your most extensive advice regarding super competitive schools like Northwestern? I love your videos!!

[alexiscool]

Question: 23-24 is for people who’s going to college when they graduate high school in 2024 correct? Or is it 24-25

[Dawodu_Gbolahan_David]

Please I want to ask one question, in the Khan academy lesson they said to determine the type of punctuation to use I need to to know if the sentence after the blank and the sentence before the blank is independent or dependent. Now my question is if I want to read the sentence after the blank to determine if it's is dependent or independent will I start from Geological or I will start from Structures anytime i see answer choices such as the period that have a word after it Like geological because sometimes they don't put any word after the punctuation and the continents is it joined with the sentence before the blank


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[shreyadevatkal]

Hi!! I'm an international student and my dream school is University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign. What is your opinion on that? Btw, LOVE your videos. I'm preparing for the digital sat and your videos are super helpful. Thank you, Laura!!

[bonuermamatova]

Hello, Laura )
I’m interested in online SAT lessons via zoom. Where I can write to have a meeting?

[danieldewitt]

im just an old guy wanting to take some tech courses

[emmanueleze-iqep]

College Planning
Really great video, my friend gave me that last juicy tip, I’m applying this year and i am 80% done with profile🥲.
Just still shaping my Essay and Extracurriculars.