If you missed our College Admissions 101 live webinar last week, we recorded it! The power point deck posted below the video is downloadable. This webinar gives you the basic information you’ll want to know if you have a high school student approaching their college search and application process. If you have any questions specific … Read more
Early college decisions are on the way! Students who organized early, researched their college list and wrote all of the required essays could learn the earliest of their college decisions from the more selective colleges this week. A lot of our clients are in this position because we push them to prepare and submit early. … Read more
As we continue in our virtual world, colleges have done an amazing job of putting information online and making it more available than ever before. Not only have most colleges created walking tours through their campuses so you can feel like you’re (almost) there, but they have teamed up with similar colleges to provide additional … Read more
When we parent-aged people applied to college years ago, we knew that the super-selective colleges were looking for “well-rounded” students with top grades and test scores. There was no holistic admission back then; top grades and scores were the driving factor. The Shift to Holistic Admission However, things have changed. Over the past decade, more … Read more
As colleges place less importance on test scores, they’ll look even more closely at students’ activities and college essays, as they try to really figure out who you are and how you’ll contribute to their campus community. There are a lot of resources out there about college essays, but we’ve compiled our top tips and … Read more
The passive voice is a style of writing that emphasizes something other than what you really want the reader to focus on. It’s common for high school students to write in the passive voice, because they’ve been taught by their English teachers for years that they should not be the subject of their writing … Read more
Students and parents frequently assume that the more highly selective colleges you apply to, the better chance you have of being admitted to one. They seem to think you can just add up all of the colleges’ acceptance rates, so that your chance of getting into one is the sum of all of those … Read more
College financial aid is a complicated issue, and it seems like there’s almost too much information out there, making it difficult to figure out what applies to your family’s situation. In this first of a three-part series about paying for college, college financial aid, and merit aid, we’ve curated the most accurate resources to … Read more
College financial aid is complicated, and merit aid is one of the most misunderstood components. As we discussed in the first part of this series, some colleges give merit aid, and some do not. In this second of a three-part series about paying for college, financial aid and merit aid, I interviewed college financial … Read more
This is the final of our three-part series on paying for college, college financial aid, and merit aid. In this video podcast, Certified Financial Planner Aaron Kirsch interviewed me about college ROI – the return on investment of going to college, and more specifically, choosing a higher cost college over a lower cost alternative. … Read more