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By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   There are seven essay choices on the Common Application. Students only need to write one essay that is between 250-650

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder   Summer is a great time to ponder deep thoughts and right about now rising seniors should be pondering their college

College campuses are opening up. For the first time, in a long time, families are actually planning real face-to-face campus visits. People always seem to apologize when they’re making plans

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies, Founder   A few weeks ago I wrote about a student who shared lessons learned during their college admissions process. This week it’s

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder If there is one tip I’d like to share with rising seniors, it would be to “get organized” this summer. Plan,

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder I asked some students how they felt about the entire college admissions process, now that their final decisions are behind them.

By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder So cash may be still be king when it comes to what high school grads want to see when they open

“Yea, junior year is almost finally over, time for a vacation” is a frequently heard refrain in many household these days. Yes, they absolutely deserve a break, but let me

To stay on the wait-list or not? By Lee Shulman Bierer Consider saying “no.” Being offered a spot on a college’s wait-list is stressful,  unsettling, demoralizing and for some, just

College applications don’t open until this summer or early fall, so why are we talking about Letters of Recommendation in May? The reason is that now, yes in May, is