By Lee Shulman Bierer You want your essay to be the one that is passed around the admissions office…. or not. It’s a little bit like the difference between being famous and infamous. We all know that a sincere, well-written essay that provides insights about how...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Admissions policies, testing expectations, and the number of essays a student needs to write are all fluid pieces in the puzzle of college admissions. This year, like many other years, much has changed. Below is a list of the changes in admissions plans...
By Lee Shulman Bierer First piece of advice is for everyone; parents and students, to be mindful of the transition. Parents can’t revert to treating their college students the way they did in high school and college students need to remember that they aren’t living in...
By Lee Shulman Bierer I always believed that Hallmark was responsible for creating June’s catchy marketing moniker “Dads and Grads.” Just as Father’s Day gifts have thankfully moved beyond standard-issue ties, so too, can graduates expect something more creative than a Cross Pen or an over-sized...
It was nail-biting season for the three million high school seniors applying to college — and for their equally anxious parents. May 1 was official Decision Day when families needed to make a deposit at one school where they were accepted, even if they were...
By Lee Shulman Bierer “Don’t just wait!!!” That’s my best piece of advice for any student that finds themselves on the wait-list of a college that really interests them. Colleges rightfully assume that you’ve likely made other plans if you don’t communicate with them to let them...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Thankfully once students reach high school, they are no longer required to write the often painfully boring “what I did over my summer vacation” essay. But that doesn’t mean that what they do choose to do over summer isn’t important. One of the...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Summer provides the best opportunity for students to separate themselves from the pack. As the number of students applying to colleges continues its upward trajectory, so, too, does the need for students to make an effort to distinguish themselves from their peers. So how...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Many seniors feel as if the entire college admissions process is behind them; they've been accepted and made their final decision. Some have "checked out" of high school early. They may be attending class, most of the time, but rarely doing any...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Being deferred is NOT the same as being rejected. It may feel that way for students, but this year, with a record number of early applications, there has also been a record number of deferrals and even at some schools, skipping the...
