In November, 2006, Nancy Hass, a contributor to The New York Times, wrote about the newly instituted writing, or essay, section of the SATs, which...
Category - Admission News
College admissions tips and insider secrets about planning for college, applying for college, financial aid, admissions essays, college interviews, and much more.
Your Education and Your Career
Sometimes applying to college becomes more like a shopping spree spurred on by your friends’ and parents’ expectations. Finding a good college match...
What You Are Up Against as a College Applicant
It might be worth your reading through the seven pages of the article “Tense Times at Bronxville High.” It follows the exhaustive application process...
Well-rounded Students Need Not Apply
In Naomi Schaefer Riley’s January 2008 Wall Street Journal article A Desperate Need for Acceptance, she makes the point with Michele Hernandez’s...
FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED A LESSON
For freshman, college is an exciting period of time. For many, it is the first foray into the real world where independence is a new learning...
Use the Preseason to Prepare for Applying for Financial Aid
Over a year ago Hillary Chura wrote Cracking the Books for Financial Aid to College in the New York Times. In the article she quoted Bari Norman, the...
The Benefits of Education
In an article for Chronicle of Higher Education, Thomas Sowell called readers to look at the studies, or lack of studies, revolving around the idea...
April 1 –An Important Deadline for College Students and High School Students!
Peter Vogt, an advisor to MonsterTrak, makes a definitive statement that internships are no longer optional but required. Vogt, who authored the book...
Keep the Cost of College Visits Down
In the January 6 Education Supplement of the New York Times, Tanya Mohn gave hints about keeping the cost of college visits down in her article If...
What Makes a Successful College Choice
Last fall most of you, parents and students, were involved with ratings, rankings, profiles, and reputations to choose which colleges to apply to...