Admissions Trends for The Class of 2020 & The Impact For High School Students

The admissions results for the high school class of 2020 tell a complex story - one chapter before the COVID-19 crisis and a very different one after the crisis began. In this video, Lisa Bain Carlton and Bob Carlton discuss the core trends from this season, as well as the implication for the high school class of 2021.



Register for one of our upcoming webinars:


MAKING SURE YOUR UT AUSTIN APPLICATION STANDS OUT


In this session, we will explain how students can make sure their applications to UT Austin stand out from the stack. We will cover all aspects of the holistic review process that is at the core of how UT Austin reads students.

DESIGNING YOUR YEAR FOR 9TH GRADERS


This session is focused on helping students starting the 9th grade this fall create their own plan for the coming school year, with clear goals and action steps. The activities will help students draft an activity & leadership plan, including extracurricular activities, service learning, internships, and coursework goals.

DESIGNING YOUR YEAR FOR 10TH GRADERS


This session is focused on helping students starting the 10th grade this fall create their own plan for the coming school year, with clear goals and action steps. The activities will help students draft an activity & leadership plan, including extracurricular activities, service learning, internships, and coursework goals.

Download Your Copy of Our Guide to Engagement In High School: The i4 Framework.

Participation is great, and we encourage it throughout high school in areas of a student’s interest. To increase that engagement, we've developed a model that we call the i4 framework.

 

Our i4 framework is simply a structured way for students to increase their engagement in areas of interest, by increasing involvement, taking more initiative, and measuring the impact.  For the purposes of highly selective admissions, we are most concerned with initiative and impact because these two areas tend to set students apart in the application process.



This guide presents our i4 framework and walks you through how your student can optimize their interest, involvement, initiative, and impact to successfully engage during high school and develop into a strong college applicant.

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