While most people think of the Dog Days of Summer as the hot and steamy time of the year when life slows down and people go on vacation, those of us in the college admissions business see it as a time of renewed energy and excitement. Each year, the Common Application closes down at the […]
Narrowing Your List
Last month’s newsletter discussed expanding your college list by having the courage and an open mind to explore different schools and programs that maybe you hadn’t considered before. This month, we’d like to talk about narrowing down your choices by focusing on the criteria that really matter to you. We’d like you to go beyond […]
Post-Covid Summer Experiences that Strengthen Your College Application
Summer vacation is just around the corner, and spending time at the beach or at a family lakehouse tops the list of what most teenagers want to do now that Covid restrictions are finally easing up. But, at the end of the summer, it’s important to look back and realize you’ve actually DONE something during […]
Expansion and Contraction
The phenomenon of expansion and contraction occurs regularly in our lives: the refrigerator is full, and two days later it is near-empty; the fear over COVID overwhelmed us, and now we are in a less worrisome situation. College lists are similar: we encourage them to expand, and then we narrow them to a well-rounded and […]
Applying in the Time of Covid
In more “normal” times, students would construct their college applications with robust resumes and activities that reflected deep involvement and examples of venturing into new and unfamiliar places. For the graduating class of 2021, COVID presented challenges and opportunities when it came to demonstrating involvement. For the graduating class of 2022, applications will again look […]
We All Love March Madness!
Filling out my NCAA basketball bracket the other day, I was reminded why I love March Madness so much. When I was a child, instead of doing brackets, my family would pick teams out of a hat, and that would be “your team” throughout the tournament. I would put my hand in the hat, pull […]
