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Do I Need To Let A College Know I Won’t Be Attending?

By Bentham Team | March 22, 2021

If you receive acceptance letters to multiple schools (congratulations!), chances are you’ll be asking yourself if you need to respond to all of them. Your first inclination may be to focus on communicating solely with the college whose offer you plan to accept and to let the others fall by…

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How Long Should College Application Essays Be?

By Bentham Team | March 2, 2021

“Thump, thump, thump.” The bows crash like tsunami waves against the strings of the cello and violin. “Knock, knock, knock.” That’s the KGB knocking thrice on your door – they want to ask a few questions.” Have I caught your interest? Perfect. These are the opening lines from a college…

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What Happens If You Don’t Take the SAT?

By Bentham Team | February 22, 2021

Many colleges and universities have made the SAT and ACT tests optional for the 2021 admissions cycle because of challenges born of the COVID-19 pandemic. The list of schools to have done so include the entire Ivy League: Elite schools such as Stanford, Duke, MIT, the University of Chicago, and…

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Do College Application Essays Matter?

By Bentham Team | February 9, 2021

We live and die by our stories. They are what allows us to differentiate ourselves, our products, and our companies. The ability to compose and deliver a compelling and persuasive narrative, therefore, is key to your lifetime success, in college application essays, job applications, work presentations, and beyond. The need…

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College Information During COVID–19

By Bentham Team | December 1, 2020

As the calendar moves forward and various regions emerge from the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown, many students and parents still have lingering questions about how various elements of college applications will be reviewed for high school seniors who will be applying during the 2020-2021 college admissions cycle. Overall, it is important…

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Testing Requirements in the era of COVID-19

By Bentham Team | November 30, 2020

The landscape of admissions is looking quite different than it has in decades. One of the biggest impacts affecting the way colleges will evaluate students’ applications is the testing requirement. Colleges across the nation are changing their testing policies due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the SAT and ACT…

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