I recently met with a rising senior to continue work on their Common Application. We started in early July and we have shoehorned work sessions into this student’s schedule, which is not an easy feat. Between paid work, academic work, volunteer work, athletics and test prep classes, trying to find an hour with this kid […]

I received positive feedback from my recent post ¿A Spanish Lesson For College Admissions?, so I decided to continue in the same vein and talk about ways to get out ahead of this process so that the dog wags the tail and not al revés. I am a faculty member at a school where every student is

I have been fielding phone calls from stressed parents over the past few weeks about the results from the spring ACT and SAT. When families saw that their students did not receive the scores that would put them in the 50% quartile for THE school of their dreams, panic ensued. Each conversation had me saying

Congratulations! The month of May is here and your senior has weighed their options and decided on a college to attend this fall. You can check that box, sit back and relax. All the hard work is behind you. Not so fast…I wish you could ride off into the college admissions sunset with a job

The final stage of the college admissions season is here! By April 1 colleges have released their application decisions. Accepted, rejected or waitlisted, students have thirty days to finalize their plans. They must submit a deposit by May 1 to the college where they plan to attend. If you have a senior, here are some

Are you a senior? Are you the parent of a senior? You are now within sixty days of having to submit a deposit to attend college in the fall. Yep, this is starting to get real! You are no longer in the hypothetical world of “Maybe this college would be  a good fit” or “I

It is the middle of February. Applications are submitted and seniors are left to patiently wait for decisions to be mailed by April 1. So what is happening behind the closed doors of admissions offices around the country? One of my favorite clips gives a peak behind the scenes at Amherst College, in Amherst, MA.

Application season is winding down. If you have a senior, the time to submit applications is coming to a close. Students are transitioning from writing essays, completing transcript requests and sending test scores, to a waiting period. What can a student do to ease their stress while they wait for colleges to make a decision?

I sent this to the first group of seniors I ever worked with and I pulled it out because it still rings true. If you are a senior, or the parent of a senior, the December Early Decisions/Action notifications elevate stress levels. I hope this helps people stay grounded. Enjoy! As early application results come