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By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder     Students who applied with a binding Early Decision admissions program will be notified between now and the end of

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Of course, there are still a bunch of December stragglers. However, most students have written all the college application essays

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Do colleges and universities care how much you want to attend their school? Yes No Sometimes All of the Above

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder The kids are coming, the kids are coming…. HOME! The annual college-to-home migration has already begun, but parents often find themselves

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Don’t assume the answer is no…you might be pleasantly surprised by a financial aid package. One of the biggest mistakes

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies, Founder   Students being interviewed either by alumni representatives, scholarship committees or an admissions office need to walk a very fine line between

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Applications are submitted and for some, it’s now time for interviews. The first thing we need to do is to

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Don’t feed the frenzied fever of the college admissions process. Families often get caught up in the high stakes of

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   As I read student essay after student essay this fall, I find that I’m often asking myself, in not such

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   While I typically focus on the ins and outs related to college admissions, there is always the underlying question of