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D-DAY – Decision Day – May 1
May 1 is National Decision Day for high school seniors to deposit at one college or university. This year, as with many things, some schools have extended the date until
Read moreCollege Admissions Courtship
The college admissions process has occasionally been likened to an old-fashioned mating ritual. It starts out with mutual flirtation: student flirts with college requesting information and perhaps visiting campus; colleges
Read moreHow to Make the Final Decision
The colleges have made their decisions and now students are in the driver’s seat and by May 1 they must notify the college they choose to attend. All students, even
Read moreWait-list purgatory
I’m sure you’re tired of hearing how “this was an incredibly tough year,” – truth is IT WAS and that means a lot more students were put on wait-lists and
Read moreWait-list Fundamentals
Within a week, all admissions decisions will be complete, notifications made and we’ll all be watching the fabulous tear-jerking videos of deserving students finding out they’ve been accepted into their
Read moreLast minute campus visit tips
Typically what I’m saying to families at this time of the year is “load up your mini-vans and head for the airports and highways for the annual spring break campus
Read moreVarsity Blues scandal – two years later
On March 17th Netflix released Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, a documentary about the bribery scandal from 2019. It’s a powerful film that shows the ugly underbelly of what
Read moreHonors College – Each state’s best kept secret
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
Read moreHow to start thinking about the Common App’s newest prompt
The Common Application offers students seven different essay prompts from which they need to choose just one, and write an essay of 250-650 words. Six of the seven are the
Read moreCommon Application releases this year’s prompts
The big news is that Common App removed one prompt question, about about a problem you’d like to solve, and replaced it with the following: “Reflect on something that someone
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