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LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by UNC Asheville, which uses the Common Application. The Common Application, commonly referred to as Common App, a not-for-profit membership organization that is committed to advancing

LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Wofford College/Mark Olencki The faucet is turned on. What once was a trickle now appears to be a steady stream. According to the nonprofit National

LEE SHULMAN BIERER The dreaded wait-list. You weren’t rejected, but you weren’t accepted either. The wait-list means the colleges like you well-enough, they just don’t love you enough to accept

Photo by the News & ObserverMarch 31 was D-Day, or decision day, for high school seniors. Colleges have finally released their decisions, and students know whether they have been accepted, denied

By Lee Shulman Bierer If you picture yourself in the college admissions officer’s chair, reviewing application after application, you’ll have a better sense of why it matters so much how you

By LEE SHULMAN BIERER Summer provides the best opportunity for future college applicants to separate themselves from the pack. As the number of students applying to colleges continues its upward

By LEE SHULMAN BIERER Right about now, as the parents of sophomores and juniors are scheduling flights, renting cars, making hotel reservations and booking spring break campus tours, this whole

LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Amanda Nguyen, collegetownnc.com I received an interesting telephone call midmorning this past Friday from a student of mine, a senior whom I worked with over

BY LEE SHULMAN BIERER Attending your local college fair is a great way for students and parents to dip their toes in the waters of college exploration. It’s crazy loud,

The saying goes … “It is easier to make a big school smaller than it is to make a small school bigger.” Shortly after the decisions roll in, high school