Free Webinar: Preparing for Summer College Visits
Summer is the best time to visit colleges. But many students and parents don’t know how to approach this first critical part of the college admissions process. What should you do? What should you definitely not do? How does interviewing work? Here’s the thing: effective, smart visits can help you …
7 Summer Activities That Will Impress College Admissions Officers
This post was written by our friends at EqualApp. For more college admissions advice, check out their blog. Have you figured out what you’re doing yet this summer? Watching TV? Playing Xbox? Sitting around on Facebook? No, no, and no, say admissions officers. They don’t necessarily care what you do …
What is a good SAT score?
You work hard to maintain a good G.P.A. and spend a majority of your time outside of class doing homework and participating in a variety of extracurricular activities. Yet, as soon as you reach junior year of high school, all anyone seems to want to talk about is your SAT …
Tipping the Scales: Letters of Recommendation
If your grades or SAT scores are on the borderline of acceptability for your college of choice, sometimes a strong letter of recommendation is the best way to tip the scales in your favor. When I was deferred after applying early decision to Oberlin College, I ran around like a …
College Admissions Tip: 5 reasons not to wait to hear from your top choice school
This week’s college admissions tip comes from our friends at College Essay Organizer. We see it year in and year out – students put all their eggs in the basket of their dreams, and are then are left with a surprising amount of work to do in just a couple …
College News Roundup – The Early Decision advantage, college essay tips, and 10 application mistakes to avoid
Those college application deadlines just keep getting closer and closer, don’t they? If you’re overwhelmed by SAT prep, college applications, or endless amounts of homework, take a breather with this week’s College News Roundup. 1. Stanford Admissions Office Moves Forward with Random Audits Stanford and other universities are cracking down …
Workshop Added: How to Write Winning Admissions Essays
New workshop added! Just like last week, our friends at College Essay Organizer are running a super-helpful admissions essay webinar. Check out the details, then click the link below to sign up! How do you write college essays that help you stand out from thousands of other applicants? How can you manage all …
Workshop: How to Write Winning Admissions Essays
Hey SAT students: Tonight, our friends at College Essay Organizer are running a sweet admissions essay workshop. Check out the details below! How do you write college essays that help you stand out from thousands of other applicants? How can you manage all your different essays without going totally insane? Organizing …
The Case for Smaller Schools
Applying for college, while exciting, can also be incredibly stressful, tedious, and frustrating. Many students feel an intense pressure to attempt to get into the “best” school that they possibly can and, in the process, begin to miss the point. While all schools are certainly not of equal quality, it’s …
The College Admissions Essay: What not to do
This week’s college admissions tip comes from Dan Stern, founder of College Essay Organizer. His product is designed to streamline the essay process, and so will his tips below. Over the years of advising on the college essay process, we’ve seen every trick in the book: the gimmick essay, the …
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