January 2023

A new calendar year brings new beginnings, large or small. Perhaps this is an opportune time for you to watch this video, one of the most highly viewed TED Talks, to re-think education and its future, and perhaps who you are and who your student is within this realm.

For our growth, ICC did some college visits to Cal State San Marcos, UC San Diego, University of San Diego, UNLV, College of Southern Nevada, and the Claremont Colleges. We also attended webinars for UPenn, Claremont Colleges, Yale, Rice, Tufts, and Johns Hopkins. 

The Common App published trends through January 1 noting "rapid growth in applicant and application totals over the past 3 seasons...with underrepresented minorities and first-generation applicants increasing faster....  The majority of applicants continue to hail from the wealthiest zip codes. The number of applicants residing outside the USA increased at nearly triple the rate of applicants in the USA since 2019-20."