Last week I introduced the concept of “demonstrated interest,” where a student proactively demonstrates their interest in attending a specific college. Showing you care can be a big deal. According to Noel Levitz College Enrollment Management Consultants: “Nearly one-third of     Continue Reading...

No, it’s not a new Hallmark tagline, it’s important college advice. Letting colleges know you’re interested in them can sometimes serve as a tipping factor, and at some schools it is considered more important than an interview. In the world of college admissions, showing you care has     Continue Reading...

What goes on inside the college admissions office? It’s often referred to as the black box of college admissions. Do they really read all those essays? Yes, they do. If you write it, they will read it. But please, please, write it well, make it interesting and maybe even try to have a little     Continue Reading...

Just when you thought you had mastered the alphabet soup of high school and college admissions – PSAT (Practice SAT), SAT, AP (Advance Placement), ACT (American College Test) – now you need to know the difference between ED, EA, RD, RA and even SCEA. Here’s a primer on different     Continue Reading...

A more accurate headline would be the pros and “con” of the Common Application because the only real negative is that it is too easy to apply to too many colleges when preparing and submitting the Common Application. The Common Application (www.commonapp.org), commonly referred to as the Common     Continue Reading...