The final notification and decision date of May 1 is looming. While most students have already made their choice, some high school seniors still find themselves knee-deep in charts detailing the pros and cons of each of their college choices. There are smart ways to choose (see last week’s     Continue Reading...

How do you decide which college to say yes to? With so many students submitting 10-plus college applications, this pleasant quandary is a real dilemma. Students who have received multiple offers from colleges now find the shoe is on the other foot. Accepted students may be heavily recruited by     Continue Reading...

Being deferred is NOT the same as being rejected. It may feel that way for students, but this year, with a record number of early applications, there has also been a record number of deferrals. A student who applies through early action or early decision is deferred when a college determines that the     Continue Reading...

It seems once a senior clears the first semester hurdle, they think the rest of the year is downhill and colleges don’t care about what they do. Little could be further from the truth. Many parents have contacted me seeking approval for their child to drop a course midyear. They are not sure if     Continue Reading...

It started out as a phone call in November. A parent of a high school senior from New York wondered if I could "get his son into college." I said "No, I don’t get students into college, but I help guide them through the college admissions process." And then I asked,     Continue Reading...