Posts by Andrew Belasco:
Colleges for Students With Learning Disabilities & ADHD
Posted on: 05 Jul 2022
Just about every parent experiences some degree of angst as they begin to navigate the college admissions process. Even the mom or dad of an academic superstar will inevitably experience stress and anxiety as they attempt to tackle college visits, testing requirements, FAFSA forms, and the thousand other challenging and time-consuming tasks that comprise the […]
What is a Liberal Arts College?
Posted on: 29 Jun 2022
Before we directly answer the question, “What is a liberal arts college?”, we begin with an analogy…Two cups of coffee sit before you: one bearing the insignia of a popular, multinational brand and the other, an unknown local brew. As a participant in a taste test, you are asked to sip both and then state […]
Best Colleges for Pre-Med Students
Posted on: 23 Jun 2022
Over the past decade, our team at College Transitions has guided hundreds of aspiring physicians toward the best pre-med schools; undergraduate colleges and universities that will serve as ideal springboards into medical school. How/where you spend those four years will determine whether you are ultimately admitted to a school of medicine. Acceptance rates at medical […]
How to Get Into West Point: Admissions Data & Strategies
Posted on: 21 Jun 2022
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington identified a plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 50 miles north of New York City, as the single most important strategic position in all of nascent America. Despite the best treasonous efforts of Benedict Arnold to hand over the newly-fortified lands to the British, the […]
Questions to Ask College Admissions Officers
Posted on: 12 Jun 2022
Caught up in the throes of the college search process, most teens are far more worried about what their prospective colleges might ask them in an admissions interview than what they, as a prospective student, should be asking of the school’s representatives. We encourage our clients to flip this mindset 180 degrees and shine the […]
How to Email an Admissions Officer
Posted on: 11 Jun 2022
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 interest, an increasingly important factor in college admissions decisions. Ideally, […]
5 Tips to Jump-Start your College Applications this Summer
Posted on: 20 May 2022
For many teens, the summer is a time to work extra hours at your job, attend a summer program, vacation with family, or simply enjoy a respite from the hectic pace of the academic year. Fortunately, thanks to improving conditions in the battle against COVID-19 in the United States, most of these pre-pandemic summer activities […]
The Admissions Impact of Your College Major Selection
Posted on: 14 Apr 2022
As the calendar turns to April, Emily, a high school senior and aspiring engineering student on the East Coast with phenomenal test scores (1530 SAT) and near-perfect grades (in mostly AP courses) begins to hear back from her prospective colleges. First, she receives rejection letters from Purdue and UIUC, two schools with overall acceptance rates […]
