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Today’s treat encourages prospective families to start compiling a short list of schools. This can seem scary and overwhelming, but it shouldn’t! Again, you’re not held to any of these schools. At this point in the process, it’s just helpful to have tangible representation of the direction you’re heading. You can adjust the route, as needed.
Read MoreIf you’re in the throes of college admissions season, chances are you’ve heard of the various deadlines available for high school seniors to completely submit their application. These universal deadlines, mandated by each college, can be conveniently managed on universal application portals such as the Common Application or the Coalition Application. However, though of these application deadlines require that all supplemental components are submitted in conjunction with the application (transcript, essays, letters of recommendation, etc.), by leveraging the odds that are associated with each application deadline, we believe that we can leverage a student’s best foot forward in the competition
Read MoreThis year’s Common Application (and swanky brand new platform) was unveiled on August 1st and in a rather underwhelming announcement, reinstated the same seven personal essay writing prompts that we’ve seen in years past. Why would they repeat the same prompts? After annually poling admissions officers, applicants, parents, and counselors, the powers that be at the Common App have deemed these seven essays options the most effective in accurately understanding the applicant.
Read MoreToday’s treat encourages prospective families to start compiling a short list of schools. This can seem scary and overwhelming, but it shouldn’t! Again, you’re not held to any of these schools. At this point in the process, it’s just helpful to have tangible representation of the direction you’re heading. You can adjust the route, as needed.
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