College UnMazed April 2018
3. Higher Academic Success in High School and College A big question for many high school students is HOW DOES ACCELERATION AFFECT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS? According to the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) the top factor in college acceptance rate is grades in college prep courses- those are the DE, IB, AICE, and AP courses we have been discussing. Universities realize that not every school has the same opportunities as other schools. This is often because of size of schools, location (urban versus rural), and student demographic. Counselors will send in what is called a "College Profile" that states to college admissions what the average demographic of the students are at that school, what programs they offer, student achievement (ACT, SAT, state tests average), curriculum structure, and where students from the school normally attend post-secondary. College admissions then understands more fully what opportunities were afforded to the students and did they excel at those opportunities.
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Webinar Replay: What Your Acceleration Credits Mean for College Admissions, with Jospeh Madigan, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Florida Southern College