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Posted on: 24 Nov 2021
Aspiring Wall Street wolves, daydreaming about donning fancy suits and raking in massive annual bonuses from the confines of their high school guidance counselor’s office have many big decisions ahead of them. Among the most pressing issues are where to attend college and what major to pursue. Yet, there are also other more long-term considerations […]
Posted on: 17 Nov 2021
Check out our video below to learn more! To those expecting a straightforward bash-list of institutions that we do not think highly of—we apologize for disappointing you. The internet is littered with “clickbait” lists of this ilk and, we get it, they’re fun. Unfortunately while a pure and simple list of “Colleges to Avoid” would […]
Posted on: 15 Nov 2021
In 1999, Cornell University received just shy of 20,000 applications for a chance to set foot on the Ithaca-based Ivy’s campus at the dawn of the new millennium. Two decades later, nearly 68,000 applicants formally apply each year to the university. UCLA followed a similar pattern, having processed fewer than 36,000 applications in the waning […]
Posted on: 07 Oct 2021
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 (or Zoom window, as the case has too often been of late). If past is prologue, junior year is […]
Posted on: 13 Sep 2021
The college admissions process is emotionally taxing for the average teen and their family. Juggling the FAFSA/CSS Profile, essays, standardized tests, demonstrating interest, soliciting recommendations, AP exams, and extracurricular involvement, all while maintaining stellar grades in a rigorous academic program is not an easy task. Yet, for applicants wishing to study music at a university […]
Posted on: 01 Sep 2021
The notion of a holistic application process that includes work samples or a full-blown portfolio has long been common practice in schools of architecture, the visual arts, and music. On the other hand, the STEM fields have traditionally stuck to the “meat and potatoes” of the application, selecting applicants mainly on the basis of high […]
Posted on: 30 Aug 2021
The high school student who is the ultimate type A, planner extraordinaire can probably lay out an accurate vision for the next decade of their life, including their college and career path. Whether due to rigidity or innate passion, there are teens who truly know what they want to be when they grow up from […]
Posted on: 04 Aug 2021
The average applicant is fully-aware of Early Decision as a “card to play” in the admissions game. In that arrangement, each party makes a concession—you, the applicant give up your free-agency status, and the college, in many cases, grants a borderline candidate slightly better odds at receiving an acceptance letter. Early Action, the lesser-explored early-round […]
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