Many colleges have adopted a test-optional policy either for the fall 2021 application cycle or permanently. However, the majority of colleges strongly suggest that students should still include test scores...
Read MoreImagine you work in college admissions at the school you yourself hope to attend. You’re reading through a huge pile of applications, which are broken up into three groups. One...
Read MoreAs the college application process has gotten more competitive, more complicated, and more uncertain for many students, independent college counselors help by providing families with individualized guidance and support with...
Read MoreIn Part I of this series (read it here), Andrew discusses the recruitment and commitment stages for a college athlete. In Part II of this series, Andrew delves into some...
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of superscoring and Score Choice. But it can be challenging to know exactly what these terms mean and how they apply to the colleges you’re interested in....
Read MoreThe college athletics experience is different for everyone, but there are a lot of similarities across schools and across sports, and there are plenty of lessons to be learned from...
Read MoreWhen you are writing and submitting your college applications, it can feel like you are just throwing essays out into the Great Beyond, hoping and praying that the college of...
Read MoreAP scores are coming out in less than a month. How can you make sure you’re ready to check your scores and send them to colleges? Before July: Making Sure...
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I often hear the question, “What should my student do so they can get into X college?” Even at the most competitive schools, there is no single recipe for admissions....
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Gone are the dreaded analogies and hundreds of esoteric vocabulary words that we were once tasked with memorizing. Nowadays, the SAT and ACT are much more closely aligned with the...
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