We knew the redesigned SAT and PSAT would require some additional understanding, and now that time has arrived! Scores are now available to students (mostly 10th and 11th graders) who took the PSAT last October. Please use the following information to help you read through your PSAT results. How do you access your online PSAT/NMSQT … Read more
Around this time each year, people start asking us about college application deadlines – what needs to be where, by when? When a college lists an Early Action or Early Decision deadline, that date is the date by which students must submit their application. In some cases, schools want to receive teacher and counselor recommendations, … Read more
#College info sessions: meet the person who'll read your app! Ask smart q's, help them remember you even b4 getting your scores, essays etc. — Magellan College Counseling (@EvelynMagellan) September 3, 2015 Tuesday, September 15, 7:30 pm – 9 pm Colby, Tufts, University of Richmond and Wellesley Hilton Pasadena, 168 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, … Read more
With college application season is fully upon us, we frequently get questions about when students should submit the different pieces of their college applications. Most colleges will require some combination of these items to make a complete application file: application (sometimes with essay embedded into it) high school transcript test scores teacher recommendations application fee … Read more
A few words of wisdom on starting your college essay strong, with some links and resources below the video: https://youtu.be/5CJaIvm0Df8&w=600 Read some sample essays and ask yourself this question after the first line of each one: DO I WANT TO KNOW MORE? Steven’s essay has a great opening line! Jacqueline’s essay makes you want to … Read more
by Jennifer Stephan When athletic recruiting “drives” and “short-circuits” the college search process, athletic considerations dominate students’ decisions about what school to attend, instead of students searching for the college environment that fits their academic, social and emotional needs. Typically, athletic recruiting accelerates the college search process. The time scale varies from sport to sport, … Read more
Remember the Nixon-era “Nattering Nabobs of Negativism?” Well, they’re back – but this time they are not just the media – they are your friends, relatives, neighbors and people you work with. And they love to “natter negatively” about college! We believe that all of the chatter surrounding college admissions does nothing but ratchet up … Read more
Recovering from two weeks on the road and 11 college visits! But I took this short video of Lizzie, a senior at Seattle University, which is the Jesuit school in the middle of Seattle with about 4,500 undergraduate students. Lizzie is a SoCal native who graduated from West High in Torrance, and she talks here … Read more
A quick little video message from Evelyn! http://youtu.be/gzmnEnjx03Q&w=650 Seniors – you’ll have your decisions by the end of the month! Please consider sending e-mail notes to the college admissions officers from the colleges you DON’T plan to attend just to let them know you’re going somewhere else, and to thank them for their efforts. Colleges … Read more
I toured Michigan State University this week (yes, in February, and YES, I can confirm for you that it’s MIGHTY COLD in Michigan in February!) and my tour guide Katlyn did an excellent job of talking about how the feeling she got when she first visited Michigan State was the top factor in her decision … Read more