"Kids who are enrolled here, who want their brothers and sisters to come here, say they can't find applications at the middle schools".
Much like Early Decision rounds, applications at these schools will be evaluated in a bundle, and receive acceptance notification within a published timeline.
To ensure standardization of PBL units, all tutors are required to complete a two-day workshop on PBL principles and their application at the medical school where the study was conducted as well as a half-day of content specific training for each unit.
This could occur because of seasonal variation (such as fewer individuals applying during end-of-the-year holidays or a surge in applications at the end of the school year), periodic marketing or referral activities affecting the number of applications to an agency, or having more limited resources toward the end of the fiscal year.
Mary Beth Fry, director of college counseling at the Savannah Country Day School, a private school in Savannah, Ga., said she had held the average number of college applications at her school to five last year, but expected the number to climb this year because students were so nervous.
It's no surprise perhaps that he's received more than 1,300 applications for the 180 places at the school this coming September.
In 2014, Dana Schmitt '12 was one of three chosen from roughly 1,000 applications for a coveted position at the school.
The final step in the application process is an interview at the school.
And like any number of 20-somethings with a liberal arts degree and nebulous career prospects, he kept law school applications at the ready.
Many ascribe the growth in the number of applications at Columbia to the school's core curriculum.
