COVID-19 Updates
Dear MP families and friends,6/3/2020 UpdateOur planning efforts are underway to enable the resumption of programs and operations on our physical location (center) starting 6/15. We are working in accordance with [...]
University of California Will End Use of SAT and ACT in Admissions
University of California Board of Regents unanimously approved changes to standardized testing requirement for undergraduatesThe University of California Board of Regents today (May 21) unanimously approved the suspension of the standardized test requirement [...]
SAT – Collegeboard update
CancelledThe SAT or SAT Subject Tests on June 6, 2020.Future SAT AdministrationsWeekend SAT administrations every month through the end of the calendar year, beginning in August, which includes new September test.Digital [...]
UC No SAT or Letter Grade for Class of 2025
UC temporarily adjusts admissions requirements to help students, families in wake of COVID-19 UC Office of the PresidentWednesday, April 1, 2020 https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-eases-admissions-requirements-help-students-families-wake-covid-19 The University of California acted last night [...]
What do top college officials want on application essays?
Abigail Conyers, admission counselor, Williams College, No. 1 National Liberal Arts College One stellar essay Conyers read this past year was about language. The applicant wanted to study languages and neuroscience at [...]
Harvard Guidance Office: Answers From Harvard’s Dean – 1
Question: How does Harvard decide whom to admit? Are there objective criteria? Answer: (The important parts are in BOLD) William R. Fitzsimmons, the dean of admissions and financial aid at [...]
New SAT Score: Adversity
The College Board has for several years been testing an "adversity index" designed to place students' SAT scores in the context of their socioeconomic advantages or disadvantages. The College Board [...]
Colleges That Offer Full-Ride Scholarships
University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Stamps Scholarship This scholarship covers tuition and fees, room and board, and a $10,000 enrichment fund for junior and senior years of school for students who demonstrate [...]
Transfer to Caltech: 3/2 Program
Students who are in their junior year at a select group of liberal arts colleges to apply to transfer to Caltech after completing their junior year at their home college. [...]
Transfer to Columbia University: The 3-2 Combined Plan
The 3-2 Combined Plan is a guaranteed transfer agreement between Columbia University’s School of Engineering with many liberal arts colleges. Under 3-2 Combined Plan, students study in liberal arts colleges [...]
Harvard REA 2019
Harvard accepted 895 students to the Class of 2024 today from a pool of 6,424 who applied under the early action program, with additional candidates slated to be admitted in [...]
Public Colleges That Offer Merit Scholarships
Merit Scholarships at State Universities Ohio State University Penn State University University of Arizona University of California at Berkeley University of California at San Diego University of Colorado University of [...]
College application deadlines (2019-20)
Early Decision Deadlines School Deadline for ED I Deadline for ED II Boston College November 15 January 15 Boston University November 1 January 6 Brown November 1 N/A Columbia November [...]
College summer programs for 2020
Getting into one of these pre college summer programs can be a great addition to your resume. 1. Bank of America Student Leaders The Bank of America student leaders program is [...]
ACT Retesting 2020
Beginning with the September 2020 ACT test, ACT Section Retesting helps students focus study efforts on individual subjects that are part of the ACT test (English, math, reading, science, or [...]
USC Merit Scholarships
USC offers several scholarships to help undergraduate students pay for their education. These funds come from a variety of university, federal, state, and private sources but unlike loans, they do [...]
Stanford – SIMR
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) is an eight-week program in which high school students from diverse backgrounds are invited [...]
Bank of America Student Leadership
Bank of America offers high school juniors and seniors an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization. Students will learn first-hand about the needs of your community and the [...]
Princeton – Laboratory Learning Program
Summer Internships for High School Students A full-time, free research experience in the sciences or engineering for high school students. Students are included in ongoing research programs where they are [...]
Boston University Merit-Based Scholarships
SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS "Scholarships and grants are gift aid, meaning you do not have to repay them or earn the funds by working." BU Financial Assistance BU offers a variety [...]
List of Computer and IT Certifications
Becoming IT certified in a specific skill or product and earning certification are excellent for improving your chances of admissions to colleges and building a strong resume. A+ (CompTIA) CompTIA [...]
Columbia BA + BS Combined Degree
The Columbia Combined Plan program enables students to receive both a liberal arts and an engineering education, getting the best of what each educational experience has to offer. Students will receive [...]
Columbia – Increase your chance
With an admitted rate of 5.5%, Columbia has proven itself to be one of the toughest. Here is how you can increase your chance for acceptance. Science, Engineering [...]
Boston University Premedical/Prehealth 7 year programs
If interested in the programs, let your Mega Prep counselor know if not already enrolled in the program. Boston University offers several innovative programs that allow students to gain provisional [...]
MIT Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES)
A six-week science and engineering program at MIT for rising high school seniors from across the country. The Summer 2019 application is now closed. Check back in November 2019 to [...]
Intel ISEF
About Intel ISEF The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for Science & the Public (the Society), is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. [...]
MIT Inspire 2019 Update
MIT INSPIRE has announced that it "will not host a competition in 2019." For more information on future and past events, follow the link below. http://getinspired.mit.edu/
Davidson Fellows Scholarship
More than $7.4Â million has been awarded to 326 brilliant young people through the Davidson Fellows Scholarship. The Davidson Fellows Scholarship awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, [...]
UC Berkeley Perception Science Program
The Whitney Lab at UC Berkeley is offering a summer program for high schoolers. The goal of the summer program is to provide academically advanced high schoolers a hands-on research experience. Summer students will be involved in [...]
U. Of Chicago Alumni events Feb-March
University of Chicago Local Events East Bay Book Club - February 1:30PM - 4:30PM Sun 17 Feb 2019 We will discuss "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Beer and Book [...]
Academic awards
1. Honor roll and/or high honor roll.  Of course, your student should be trying to earn the highest possible GPA, since grades are the most important factor in admissions decisions. This behavior will [...]
National Volunteer Service Awards
Volunteering Destination Imagination - Students form teams of up to 7 and design and carry out a project that will help their community. This organization also provides Fine Arts and STEM [...]
The President’s Volunteer Service Award
The President's Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and is administered by Points of Light. Through a shared mission of inspiring [...]
Harvard Alumni Events – 2019
JANUARY 2019 FEATURED WORLDWIDEÂ / JAN 9 Global Networking Night Join fellow local alumni for Global Networking Night on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. This is a great opportunity to explore and [...]
Summer Experiences & Pre-Orientation
Summer Experiences & Pre-Orientation Programs from the College https://orientation.uchicago.edu/summerexperiences A capstone to your student's summer. The start of something special. The summer before the first quarter of college can feel [...]
Do not pay for scholarships
Do not pay some organization thousands of dollars just to file your scholarship applications. Take these steps to find and secure scholarships. If your college applications are all submitted, congratulations! Now, [...]
Is a community college right for you?
Not really. A study shows that only 11% to 14% of the community college students earn a bachelor's degree. More than 80 percent of community college students say when they start [...]
63 Colleges Committed to No Student Loans
There are some ways around taking out loans. One of them is to seek a college committed to no students loans. No loan schools  provide students with financial aid packages that [...]
Student loan debt dragging on young households
Younger Americans who are still paying off student loans have a lot less money—and a lot more overall debt—than those who don't have any student loans, a new report finds. It's [...]
SAT or ACT ?
MEGA PREP SUMMER CAMP Which test to take, SAT or ACT? The answer to the question cannot be answered with a comparison between the scores on the tests. A simple comparison [...]
New SAT score?
Why your new SAT score is not as strong as you think it is ? Many college-bound students across America are celebrating this week what appear to be impressive results from [...]
Top 10 colleges for financial aid
10. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Location: New York Tuition, fees, room and board: $63,020 Average freshman scholarship: $19,200 Out-of-pocket cost: $43,820 In the heart of New [...]
The 10 most expensive public universities for out of state students
10. University of California, Berkeley 2016-2017 out-of-state tuition and fees: $40,191 2016-2017 in-state tuition and fees: $13,509 9. University of California, Santa Cruz 2016-2017 out-of-state tuition and fees: $40,241 2016-2017 in-state [...]
The 10 colleges where students really study
The Princeton Review asked 137,000 students at 382 colleges, "How many out-of-class hours do you spend studying each day?" and noted that students at 10 colleges study the hardest. 10. Grinnell [...]
The 10 best colleges and their students’ summer reading list
Penguin Random House compiled a list of over 440 collegiate summer reading programs for the 2017-2018 academic year. This book list focuses on how to motivate students as professionals and individuals. [...]
Should a student’s race be considered a factor in college admission?
Watch the video below and let us know what you think? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjBpLnKiLrWAhXGxFQKHWWhApE4ChC3AggtMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fvideos%2Fdebate-continues-over-race-in-college-admissions%2F&usg=AFQjCNEM336F0gMTbaHTv54rjK-AuCleKQ
Colleges Can Rescind Admission for More Than Just Over-Enrollment
The acceptance has arrived, the sweatshirts have been purchased and all signs point to college in the fall — but what are you supposed to do if your acceptance is rescinded? [...]
How to get college financial aid
Important fact: Filing season for the 2018-19 FAFSA begins Sunday. An Edvisors.com study found that students who file for aid in the first three months have received more than double [...]
Deferred or Denied college admissions?
What can you do or update if you got deferred or denied? Watch the following short video on USN to learn more. https://youtu.be/uqKYei6NBbQ
Harvard early admissions 2019
935 admitted early to College Class of ’23 Percentage of young women interested in sciences on rise Under Harvard College’s early action program, Harvard today admitted 935 students from an [...]