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Beyond the Numbers: What College Admissions Officers Really Look For

June 8, 2025 | 2:00 pm EST

About this webinar

Top colleges reject thousands of students with near-perfect grades, test scores and impressive résumés. So what are college admissions officers really looking for? Join us as we explore how students can present themselves in a way that feels real and compelling to college admissions officers at highly competitive universities.

 

Location:

F. A. Day Middle School – Library 2nd fllor

21 Minot Place, Newton, MA 02460

Free parking at 100 Walnut Street, Newton, MA 02460

 

Date:

June 8 (Sunday), 2 pm ET

 

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Presented by

Marc Zawel

Marc is the author of Untangling the Ivy League, a best-selling guidebook on the Ancient Eight. He earned a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Marc chaired the admissions ambassadors at Cornell and the admissions advisory board at UNC.

Tim

Tim received a BA from George Washington University and an M.Ed. from Boston University. He has worked for more than a decade in admissions at GWU, BU and University of California – Los Angeles. Tim was previously director of college counseling at a private school.

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