Informing your college application journey.
Juniors, do some (or all) of these college application tasks over the summer to greatly reduce your stress in the fall
Have fun over the summer, but squeeze in time to do some of these college application tasks and your fall will be less stressful, and you’ll feel so accomplished!
12 Things Students Should Do Before The Semester Ends
Here are 12 things that students can do to finish the year strong. Juniors and even Sophomores can take these easy steps to set themselves up for strong college applications.
Using your social media to your advantage
6 Tips to learn how to use your social media to your advantage both to research schools and to let them know you care about them.
Waitlisted? 4 Steps to take now
College decisions are released and you find yourself still in limbo placed on the waitlist for a school you’d really like to attend. Here are four steps to take now.
Second Semester Junior Year - Roadmap For Success
Second semester Junior year could be the last full semester colleges evaluate in your applications. Make it a great semester with these tips.
What do you want application readers to learn about you?
Admissions reads everything, what can you add to your academics and activities so they learn about the whole you?
When is your college list complete (or when enough is enough)?
It’s hard to know when a college list is complete. Your neighbor tells you about her nephew’s college and it sounds amazing, and you start to wonder, do the colleges on my student’s list have the interesting majors, great facilities, career focused internships, social life, and financial aid packages we’re looking for? When is your list complete?
If all these colleges are test optional, why are tests still important?
There are a lot of mixed messages around taking the SAT or ACT when so many schools are test optional. Should you take them? Read this blog to find out.
Making sure your student has the support they need to apply to college
Parents it’s critical that you give your students the most support possible as the college process is a marathon not a sprint. The most successful applicants start the process early in Junior year and grow as they contemplate colleges and programs and then start their applications Senior year.