Application Strategy
Revoking Admission
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…
ReadmoreApplication Follow-up Activities and Notification Dates
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…
ReadmoreFind colleges that want you more than you want them
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…
ReadmoreApplication Don’ts
By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder November 1, an important college application deadline, is almost upon us and the stress in many homes with high school…
ReadmoreEarly Applications
By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder Ready or not, the college application season has begun. Early or not is the question. I know I’m not the…
ReadmorePlan now, feel better later
By Lee Shulman Bierer, College Admissions Strategies – Founder You can still qualify for the honor of being called an “early-bird” as long as you complete at least one…
ReadmoreLessons learned in the process
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.…
ReadmoreWait-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…
ReadmoreLast 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…
ReadmoreVarsity 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…
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