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Getting Into College 2024-25 Wednesday, March 20, at 7:00 pm EST A webinar hosted by Nina Berler and Anna Gazumyan-Silverman College...

With Different Admissions Criteria, Colleges are Sending Mixed Messages

What are the implications for your student's candidacy? Usually, March is filled with anticipation. After all, it's when the majority of...

This February, Should Applicants Show their Love to Target Colleges?

It's February - a month of seemingly lovely occasions. Yet with Early Action decisions, midyear meetings, letters of continued interest...

New Year, Not-So-New Issues Challenge College Applicants and their Families

Happy 2024 to all parents, students and advisors! Winter can be a time to stay indoors, enjoy family and friends and recharge. Well,...

This Holiday, Will Applicants Get What They Want?

It's December. In two weeks, many of my senior cohort will know the results of their Early applications. Some are realistic and have...

Exhausted from Early Decision?

Just wait until next month! They all squeaked by, but the stress was real. Ask the applicants, their parents or their counselors. Yes...

The Case for Commerce

Colleges' Approaches and Outcomes The student meetings are taking on a more serious tone. My Common App dashboard, up and loaded, is...

Colleges Have Adjusted Their Supplements

Does your applicant know what to do? For seniors and their parents, going back to school makes the college process very real. I have also...

The 2023-24 Common App is now live. How have colleges adjusted their essays?

Yes, the Common App is open! For college counselors, the news so far this summer has more than we can endure. Legacy admissions, elite...

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