Aside from all of the death, economic woes, and educational dislocation that mandatory isolation is causing billions of people, world-wide, during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, one darker scenario shared by an admissions friend of ours, in one of the Florida state schools that was confirmed by another in Indiana, and one in Arizona, […]
There are a lot of good reasons to choose a school, but these ten can be why you become one of the millions of college students who transfer, or, worse still, settle for less. You will make three personal, major decisions in your life: Pick a college path, who you marry/cohabitate with, and what you will […]
Overcrowding has been a reality at many large public and private colleges across the United States. Freshman class sizes that were a hundred, then a few hundred, are now rising up to 1,000 or more. Stanford has a few lower-level courses bordering 520, and U.C. Berkeley offers 101 chemistry to 1,000 students or more in […]
Supplemental questions are a major tripping point for most college applicants. They’re also weeding questions, designed intentionally to trip you up, get rid of you. One is 500 words. The next is 500 characters. Even seemingly innocent questions like “Why do you want to come to our school?” require thought, and the “right answer,” which […]
REVISED 08.17.2022. Most students are taught how to write persuasive essays, and analytical papers. Very rarely are you taught how to write something autobiographical, which is what a college essay is all about. Writing an essay that can be digested by a reader moving through your file in 1-3 minutes? None of y’all learn this. […]
Every year, clever seniors, already admitted to a college or university, think that they have the game beat. They are, momentarily, immortal and untouchable. Please allow us to strip your waxen wings before the colleges that have just admitted you melt them for you. Avoid these pitfalls because the colleges that admitted you take action that can […]