Posts by Dave Bergman:

25 Best Careers for ENFP Personality Types

Posted on: 07 Jan 2025

In the world of Myers-Briggs testing, ENFP stands for Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving. It is believed that ENFP personality types make up somewhere around 8% of the population. By gender, roughly 10% of women are ENFPs while just 6% of men are classified as such. Out of the 16 personality types in Myers-Briggs-speak, ENFP is […]

Public vs. Private in Fairfax County: What Actually Matters for College Admissions in Northern Virginia

Posted on: 05 Jan 2025

Choosing a high school in Fairfax County is rarely straightforward. Between nationally recognized public schools—Langley, McLean, Oakton, Woodson, Madison, Chantilly, Robinson, Lake Braddock and prestigious private institutions like The Madeira School, The Potomac School, and Flint Hill, families are surrounded by strong choices and equally strong opinions. It’s no surprise parents often ask: Would a […]

Best SAT and ACT Tutors – 2025

Posted on: 06 Dec 2024

While a small number of colleges operated with test-optional policies for years before the pandemic, COVID-19 instigated a new era of testing guidelines that brought as much confusion as rejoicing. Was a strong test score still the proverbial cherry on top of one’s application? Or was it finally time to throw testing out the window […]

5 Things to Do After Getting Deferred By Your First-Choice College

Posted on: 04 Dec 2024

You shed any Prufrockian paralysis and boldly confess your undying love to the college of your dreams. By applying early decision you’ve offered them 100% commitment and devotion with no guarantees in return. Your heart is all in their hands now. After a nervous, lengthy wait to find out if your feelings are requited, a […]

When are ACT Test Dates in 2024-2025?

Posted on: 29 Aug 2024

Planning when you will take standardized tests is an important part of any college admissions strategy. While it’s important to give yourself ample time to study before the exam, it’s also essential to ensure that you’ll receive your scores—and have enough time to re-take the exam, if necessary—before your earliest college deadlines. Accordingly, if you’re […]

30 Best Careers for People With ADHD – 2024

Posted on: 02 Aug 2024

Let’s begin with an unequivocal fact: People with ADHD can do any job on the planet. Looking back into history, individuals with ADHD include the most notable inventors, entrepreneurs, actors, musicians, Olympic athletes, authors, politicians, and scientists. From Thomas Edison to Agatha Christie to Simone Biles to John Lennon, the list of luminaries in every […]

100 Top Public Universities in the U.S. – 2024

Posted on: 12 Jul 2024

In 2024, it’s not all that unusual for the cost of four years of a private college education to approach close to $400k. While not “cheap” by any means, public universities offer a somewhat more sane alternative to the prohibitive $90k per year price tags that we are starting to see. While many public schools […]

2025 Best Boarding Schools in the US

Posted on: 11 Jul 2024

If you are considering spending grades 9-12 at a boarding school, then you are about to make a financial investment every bit as sizable as the cost of tuition and living expenses at a private college. Fortunately for you, in 2024, there is no shortage of excellent boarding schools in the US. Some even date […]