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
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
This post is about pressure. The overwhelming, highly competitive pressure kids feel today to outshine, outperform, and reach stellar heights when it comes time to apply to college. At the age of 17 or 18. If you read the three articles to which I link below, hopefully you will see the pattern. And below, we … Read more
There are lots of ways to demonstrate your interest in colleges in the next few weeks – and many colleges take this into consideration when you apply! There are two college fairs coming up in the Los Angeles area this weekend: Granada Hills High School college fair – Saturday, 10/18 from 11 am to 2 … Read more
This is the first of four posts with profiles of schools included in the book and organization Colleges That Change Lives. This post highlights New College of Florida and the College of Wooster. New College of Florida New College of Florida, located in Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf (west) coast, is one of the few public … Read more