When interviewed, college admission essay readers will say, out of the thousands of essays they read each year, usually not more than ten or so stand...
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College Application Frenzy
Are students applying to too many colleges? The answer is YES! The Common Application allows a student to send up to 20 applications on one form...
Should All Students Admitted to College Go to College?
Deans of students at colleges across the country often meet with first-year college students who are having difficulty with their college experience...
New Essay Prompt on the Common Application
The College Application organization is already getting ready for the fall—which means college applicants should be getting ready now, too. ...
Homeschoolers and the College Admission Process
Home-schooled students’ college applications are not in the minority any longer. In fact, colleges are now recruiting home-schooled students. But...
A New Way to Judge College Application Essays
College admissions essays inset personality into the college applications, but essays are judged subjectively. Now it is believed there can be a more...
Do You Want to See Your College Admission Records?
Stanford University has recently been hit with student requests to see their educational records. These requests have been filled with the...
College Applicants: Are you Using Parchment?
Parchment is an online service for colleges, students, high schools, and employers. What does it do? It offers secure sending, receiving, and storing...
College Interview Mistakes
College admission interviews usually are the icing on the cake, allowing you to make a good impression and a personal connection to a college...
Holistic College Admission
Already some colleges are not requiring standardized college admission tests scores (SATs or ACTS). In 2016 even more colleges started moving away...