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What’s Your Diversity Quotient?

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  • Admissions
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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Thanks to the U.S.’s contentious relationship with affirmative action, most Americans equate college admissions diversity with race. These days, however, diversity actually…
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The Secret to College Admissions Success

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. “Nobody reads anymore.” This lament is heard round the world, and perhaps most loudly in college admissions. While doing well in school and leading in extracurricular…
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20 Ways Not to Pick a College

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. When picking out schools to apply to, there are so many criteria to consider: size, location, programs, and research opportunities, only name a few. There are also common…
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In the news! Strong Reactions to ACT Reports

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  • Tests
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Quoted in “Counselors React Strongly to New ACT Score Reports” in The Examiner on June 25, 2015. Victoria Tillson Evans, an IEC in Washington, D.C., concurs, “The ACT is basically trying to assert…
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