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Michael speaks with WSMV-TV Nashville

Nashville, TN— With holiday breaks just around the corner for many students, Michael Trivette participated in a segment for Nashville’s WSMV-TV Channel 4 News to lend insight on how students can utilize the holidays to finalize any existing applications. Click here to access the news article.

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Andrew speaks with TIME

New York, NY— Kim Clark of TIME recently spoke with Andrew Belasco for an article examining how parents finance their student’s college education. Andrew reveals what some parents are willing to sacrifice to help their children meet the cost of higher education. Click here to read the article.

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The Truth Behind Private Scholarships

In the early 1970s the U.S. auto industry received warnings from economic experts—if they continued to focus on the wrong thing, Japanese car companies would soon put them out of business.  Detroit’s Big 3 of GM, Ford, and Chrysler were told that if they remained attached to producing oversized,...

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New York Times cites research by College Transitions

New York, NY— Andrew’s research on test-optional admissions was recently cited in a New York Times article discussing the uptick in the number of colleges electing to go test-optional and reasons for why an increasing number of institutions are dropping the ACT/SAT requirement. Andrew’s study adds context to the article...

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College Transitions slated to release book in 2016

Lanham, MD— College Transitions recently signed a publishing contract with Rowman & Littlefield and will be releasing a book in 2016 tentatively titled, The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. Co-authored by Dave Bergman and Andrew Belasco, the book is the first release by...

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The Common App: Get Those Words on That Page, Part II

In our last post, we covered how to brainstorm and prepare to write. Our advice was to: Tell a compelling story. Write something! Write anything! Don’t beat yourself up! These things take time. Write down or record random thoughts. Now let’s consider some suggestions for how to tackle the...

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The Common App: Get Those Words on That Page, Part I

In recent posts, we provided a few strategies for brainstorming and mapping your admissions essay. In this post, we’ll cover some strategies for turning an idea into an essay. Tell a compelling story. Rather than writing an analytical essay like you would for a class assignment, focus on telling...

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