College Admissions News – April 2019

Class of 2019 Wrap-Up 

​We saw some great successes with our seniors this year!  We had some great success with students admitted to amazing colleges – our clients were admitted to 158 DIFFERENT colleges and universities around the United States.  But we are most proud of the fact that every single one of our students has multiple college acceptances, and CHOICES!  That’s what we always strive to achieve.

For parents of sophomores and juniors, here’s a post with more thoughts on the lessons we learned from this year’s results.

College Admission Scandal 

Magellan responded to the recent scandal in several ways:

• Evelyn was interviewed on Good Morning America
• Magellan’s blog post on the scandal is here
• Evelyn was quoted in a story published on KCET’s website
• Evelyn was quoted in two articles in The Hollywood Reporter:
  • “Everybody’s Doing It:” Cheating Scandal Shows How Privileged Kids Fake Disability
  • College Admissions Scandal Sparks Hollywood Panic
• Finally, Evelyn’s livestream video from the day the scandal broke is on our Facebook page

Questions People Ask Us Regularly 

• What’s my GPA for College Admissions?  Weighted or Unweighted?
• College Visits:  What Do We Need to Know?
• Why Do Colleges Care About Extra Curricular Activities?
• How Many Colleges Should I Apply To?
• Lots more on our blog – check it out!

Parent Corner

• Evelyn will be the guest presenter for Revolution Prep’s webinar, “An Insider’s Guide to College Rankings,” on Tuesday, April 9th at 5 pm pacific time.  RSVP here.
• Evelyn interviewed psychologist Dr. Christopher Fulton recently to discuss some of the increased anxiety we are seeing in teens today.  You can see the short video interview here.
• Is Financial Aid a top concern for you?  Learn more about the two types of college financial aid in our financial aid webinar – it’s free, already recorded and posted here.
• Join our free text messaging service, with messages specifically tailored to your student’s year of high school graduation.  Parents of current juniors, text 2020parent to 877-562-4443 to join our list for parents of your child’s class.  We also have 2021parent and 2022parent lists!
• Our team is currently booking clients in the Class of 2020 (only a handful of spaces left) as well as the Class of 2021 (current sophomores).  Please get in touch if you are interested in learning more about our services.