How to Email an Admissions Officer
Typically, there are two reasons that a prospective college student would want to email a college admissions officer: 1) They have a legitimate question that they are genuinely not able to find the answer to online, or 2) they are “playing the game” by demonstrating…
Does a Student’s High School Impact College Admissions?
“We never know the love of a parent until we become a parent ourselves.” So goes one of the countless aphorisms describing the transformational experience of meeting your son or daughter for the first time. All the things we professed to do as parents, or…
Should I Declare a Major on My College Application?
The act of formulating a clear and decisive plan is as valorized in the college admissions process as it is in most other realms of American life. Highly-selective colleges do generally give an edge to students who profess to have figured out their whole professional…
College Planning Tips for High School Juniors
The crescendo of voices imploring that “junior year is the most important ten months of your young life” has likely reached deafening levels by the first time you actually set foot in an 11th grade classroom. If past is prologue, junior year is indeed the…
5 Tips to Jump-Start your College Applications in Summer 2019
For many high school students, summers are a time to hang by the pool, work a summer job, or simply take some time off from coursework and extracurricular demands. Whether your summer plans involve serving tables, lounging at the shore, or participating in a highly-selective…
Honors Programs: Why you should consider applying and what to look for
Are you craving the in-class intimacy of a tiny liberal arts college but also find yourself drawn to the bright lights of a vibrant, sprawling campus, the big-time sports, and the chance to be part of a large and passionate student community? Not to sound…
How to Apply for ACT and SAT Accommodations
Every year, more than 160,000 high school students apply to receive accommodations on the SAT; more than 85% of those requests are granted. Even with the high odds of approval, navigating the application process can still be rather intimidating. To assist parents of students with…
How to Complete the College Application Activities List
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the activities list is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies do little for you, a more apropos comparison might present the essay as the mean, attention-hogging prom queen…
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