Magellan recently hosted a webinar with experts in the field of engineering, to help students learn more about the different options and pathways. Our panelists were: DAVID BOWKER, Director of the Office of Future Engineers at Purdue University PHIL SCHMIDT, Retired Engineer CYNTHIA GRANT, Human Resources Manager – Talent Acquisition at Syska Hennessey Group … Read more
Did you know there are over 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in the United States? Can you name them all? Of course you can’t! You can name the ones you know, the ones you and your friends attended, the ones you hear about in the media. Our job as college counselors is to help … Read more
College visits are the best way to really get a feel for what life at each particular college will be like. Because high school spring break often happens later than college spring break, visiting colleges during YOUR spring break is a great idea, because the college students will be on campus. Magellan counselors Michelle … Read more
After a 16 month gap in our usually-busy college visit routine, Magellan counselors were back on the road yesterday and visited our first campus since March 12, 2020. Suzie, Diane, Fay and Evelyn visited Westmont College, a small Christian college in the hills above Santa Barbara. You can find our writeup and photo gallery from … Read more
Our team was supposed to have taken a trip to the Midwest a few weeks ago to visit colleges. We had organized a bit of a logistical feat, with flights and rental cars and hotels, 7 of us coming from three states and we had planned to visit 8 colleges in four and a half … Read more
Families frequently ask us about college visits. We’ve compiled some of the top questions we receive, and our responses, below. Should we visit colleges? YES! You should visit colleges, starting as early as the 10th grade. Your goal for visiting colleges to to gather information – about the academic life, the social life, the support … Read more
Here’s a quick tip for California families traveling east for college visits: don’t rent a car! Public transit and the train system on the east coast are great…take advantage! If you’re going to any combination of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington, D.C., there’s really no need to rent a car. You can get … Read more
People always ask us about the college admissions timeline – when will we hear our admission decisions? When should we go visit colleges? February is a bit of a strange time for high school seniors. After putting so much effort into their college applications in the fall, now is a “quiet period,” as many colleges … Read more
The more accurate title of this post should be, “The Importance of Motivating Your Son/Daughter About College in TIME for it to Matter,” but that seemed too long. I was with a rising senior recently. He had fallen in love – head over heels in love – with a large state university in another state. … Read more
In my last blog post, I recommended that you visit colleges, and gave you some tips on how to make the best use of your tours. Today, I’d like to offer some more specific “dos” and “don’ts” for when you and your student visit. DO: • Register for the tour • Sign in with the … Read more