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This post is going up on May 1st, which in any other year is a big deal-this is National Deposit Day. The new FAFSA rollout has created a massive delay and many schools have had to move their deadline back. I address all of this in my May webinar below!

“You don’t have to shoot for perfection…just tell us your story.” ~Jacob Browne Dean of Admission, Eckerd College I am shifting gears and turning my focus to my cohort of juniors as my seniors finalize their decisions. Naturally, writing always comes up in our meetings and they wonder about how to write the college essay. 

My April webinar has the usual News & Notes on the latest in college admissions with a focus on the news around standardized tests and information about the FAFSA debacle. Then I take a long look at how to choose between colleges when there are multiple options. I open with a quote from adolescent psychologist

I write this on April 7th. The colleges have released all of their decisions and the next leg of the admissions season puts the ball in the students’ court. Now the colleges are on pins and needles, hoping to fill their class and meet their institutional enrollment priorities. If you know a senior in high

The College Board administered the first online SAT this month, on March 9th. In conjunction with this change and with the shift in so many colleges’ testing requirements, I thought I would offer a primer on the basics of testing and how to proceed if you are the parent of a younger high school student.

My March webinar has the usual News & Notes on the latest goings on in college admissions with a focus on the latest schools to require testing. (Looking at you Dartmouth and Yale). Then I do a deep dive into the state flagship conundrum-what they are, what has happened, where we are now and what

Occasionally I have a family that I worked with in the past reach out to me for help with a younger child. This happened recently and I started to explain how different things are in college admissions since the pandemic. There have been so many disruptions in the college admissions process in recent years that

My February webinar has News & Notes and focuses on the new online SAT. You can access it on YouTube here.

I send this valentine to my seniors every year. At this point, some know where they are going via Early Decision, some have heard back from all of their schools and are mulling over their choices and others are still waiting to hear from schools in the next few weeks. Wherever you are in the

I absolutely loved this five part series by Martin Van Der Werf on Medium.com. He is a journalist and professional in higher education and he writes about guiding his child through the college admissions process. Many people that work in high schools and colleges are surprised at how well they understand the ins and outs