Which Colleges Have the Best Greek Life?
One of the more polarizing facets of the college experience is the presence of Greek life on campus; it all depends on who you are speaking with. To some, fraternity and sorority life is an essential element of the higher education social scene, inseparable from…
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…
7 Ways to Address a Bad Grade on Your College Application
“Bad” can be a very relative term, particularly when attached to high school grades. For a high-achieving teen with their eyes on gaining acceptance into a prestigious college, an A- or a B might feel like the onset of Armageddon. For an average high school…
Common App Changes for 2019-20
As the higher education community waits with bated breath for the annual Common App launch party on August 1st, the rumors are flying about what revolutionary changes to the popular application platform might shock the world in the coming days. It’s being reported that some…
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…
Why Do I Get So Much College Mail?
As a teenager, there is something undeniably exciting about being the recipient of an unsolicited brochure from a prestigious university, or even better yet, a seemingly personalized letter from the dean of admissions practically begging you to apply. Every year, millions of high school students…
Do I Need a Resume for My College Applications?
If you are a teenage prodigy who spent your spare time in high school interning at a cancer research laboratory and founding a charitable organization which distributes prescription glasses in Zimbabwe, then being asked to formulate a resume as part of your college application might…
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