All credit to Lee Coffin of Dartmouth on this verse and good luck to any seniors still working on applications: ‘Twas Two Weeks ‘Til the Deadline ‘Twas Two Weeks ‘Til the Deadline and all through the house, the senior was stirring coffee-charged fingers on her mouse. Her essays were written and edited with care in […]

If you are familiar with the college application cycle, you know that December of senior year, students enter one of the most intense phases of the college admissions process, when schools start releasing decisions from the binding Early Decision and the Early Action application pools. All of the work from the last four years comes

My core objective with my consulting practice is to help families alleviate stress in the college admissions process. And one of my goals with this website is to share resources that can help families to that effect. I have been doing online monthly webinars that are open to anyone that would like to attend. I

I listen to an amazing podcast called “Your College Bound Kid” that is chock full of information that can help families at the begin of the college admission process as well as seasoned professionals. Recently they shared a piece on college visits at high schools that had some great advice that I thought was worth

“If you are applying to a number of schools with admit rates of 1 out of 3 or less, expect unpredictability.” ~Rick Clark Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director Georgia Institute of Technology We are deep in the heart of October, one of the busiest times for applicants in the college admissions cycle. I have

I am organizing my next set of college visits in November and I realized that I am overdue to share about the schools I visited on my trip from New Jersey to Salt Lake City, Utah in August. I visited the following eleven college campuses: Miami University University of Cincinnati Indiana University Washington University St.

I am writing this from the Delta Lounge at Newark airport on my way to Salt Lake City for Family Weekend at the University of Utah. Other colleges offer three days of events for students to share with their loved ones. At the U, as the University of Utah is typically called, the weekend revolves

I am deep in the heart of the supplemental essay season and helping my students get as much of this work done before they head back to senior year, so here are some quick thoughts on why the supplements can be easier than the main essay: Good luck!

Greetings from the heart of college application writing season! Most of my students spent July focused on their main essay so that when August 1st rolled around, they could focus on the many different types of supplemental essays that individual colleges often require. My last post focused on five things to know. This post will

I am late with my July blog post! This is because I am deep in the heart of application season and this means I have LOTS of writing taking place with my 2024 cohort. Most of them have their main essay completed or coming down the final stretch. Their Common Apps are polished and ready