College News | News from Admissions Office

College News | News from Admissions Office
Homepage
PANO's Latest News
US College Application Prep | Prep Before Applying

UPenn Admissions Officer: Who We Are Looking For | Holistic Admissions

Securing admissions into highly selective US colleges has been getting increasingly difficult in the last few years. Based on the admissions statistics released by Harvard University, over half of the applicants to Harvard College received a highschool unweighted GPA of 4.0 and scored within the 99th percentile of the SAT (that’s 1530+ for those who […]

Read More
College News | News from Admissions Office
US College Application Prep | Prep Before Applying

World Ranking Top#2 University: MIT, Is it Possible to Get in? Introducing MIT Admissions

About MIT Admissions Office The MIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions⁠ oversees the recruitment and selection of all undergraduate applicants to the Institute, including both prospective first-year and transfer students. We also coordinate the Educational Council, an international network of more than 5,000 alumni who serve as local ambassadors and conduct interviews, and host more than […]

Read More
College News | News from Admissions Office
Test Prep | SAT | AP | IB | TOEFL | IELTS | Must Know Before Your Test
US College Application Prep | Prep Before Applying

Best Test-Optional Colleges and Universities | What Does “Test Optional” Mean?

What Does “Test Optional” Mean? What do college admissions mean when they say they are test-optional? While the specific requirement and definition varies from school to school, test optional generally means that students do not need to submit SAT or ACT scores as part of their application for admission to a particular school. You may […]

Read More
College News | News from Admissions Office
Extracurricular Activities | Mentorship | Activities and Skills that Help you Stand Out
Homepage
PANO Masterclass | Top US College Professors to Taiwan
PANO's Latest News

What Activities Do College Admissions Value (Part 2: Leadership and Entrepreneurship)

Overview: When Student J.R. came to us, she was a high-flying student with a broad range of interests from social justice to medicine. A trilingual American citizen studying and living in Taiwan, we knew that Student J.R. possessed certain qualities and academic bonafides that would get her into a top school. But, which school did […]

Read More
College News | News from Admissions Office
Homepage
US College Application Prep | Prep Before Applying

Experience Sharing on U.S. College Application

Some of PANO’s students are from local high schools, some are from bilingual schools, and some are attending Taipei American School (TAS) or European schools. These students have one thing in common: they all want to study abroad, and they applied to various universities and were accepted to California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of […]

Read More