Every year high school students apply to universities and anxiously await the news: will they be accepted or rejected? But, it isn’t always that simple. College admissions offices can assign your application to two other possible categories. It is important to know what these are, what they mean and what to do about it.

 

When students are looking at their college choices, many will say they want to go to the school that is the most selective. But new research is showing it is often more important that the student is in the top 10-15% of their school rather than where they attend.