High school students in today’s world face a very different task when applying to colleges than their parents did years ago. Access to the internet has changed this process in radical ways, many of them positive. However, in my work as a private admissions counselor, I have noticed a few negative effects as well. When…
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Ready To Launch
When high school students begin the process of applying to colleges and universities, they face simultaneously one of the most stressful and exciting times of their lives to date. After the years of middle school, where they often dread their futures and where a life away from home seems too far off to imagine, high…
Creating Your College List
Creating a reasonable list of schools is one of the keys to a less stressful college application experience. What many students and parents do not understand is that it is vital to start the process by taking a good, hard look at yourself. Before you even open a college guide, or peruse a website, take…
Start Your College Plan Early
For most high school students in their freshman and sophomore years, college may seem to be hovering in the far distant future. And parents, reluctant to pressure their children, may not broach the subject. In truth, it’s almost never too early to at least begin the process. During the early years of high school, an…