If your child is a high school junior (or even a sophomore), you may be focusing on all of the havoc COVID-19 has brought to college admissions - how will colleges evaluate transcripts that do not have spring 2020 grades, what sort of standardized testing...
COVID-19 has disrupted colleges in innumerable ways. College students had to pack up and leave campus on a moment’s notice, and what everyone initially thought would be only a virtual spring semester has turned into a virtual summer and possible virtual fall. Graduating seniors have...
Is your child attending a college that allows them to pick a roommate? Believe it or not, picking a roommate can sometimes be the most stressful part of getting ready for college - harder than selecting courses or securing a part-time job. But, with a...
Why majoring in English is always a good choice! In our new COVID world - where there is record unemployment and the shape of our economic recovery is unknown - many parents and students believe that certain majors will be more likely than others to land...
Diversity is a buzzword on college campuses and in the college admissions process, but families sometimes do not have a full understanding of what diversity means and why colleges care about it. Diversity is more than race and ethnicity - it involves income level, first-generation...
Legacy admissions - giving priority admissions consideration to children of alumni - may be one of the most controversial aspects of college admissions. Some universities, like MIT, have never considered legacy as a factor in college admissions and others, like Johns Hopkins, have more recently...
Standardized testing may be only one component of the college application process, but it is often the most stress-inducing. In pre-COVID times, students needed to develop a testing strategy that included deciding which tests to take - the ACT or SAT, with or without the...
Thanksgiving, like many family dinners, can sometimes involve well-intentioned family members prying just a little too much, maybe even bombarding your high school senior with questions like “Where are you applying?”, “Which school is your top choice?” and “What did you write your essay about?”...
I have worked as an application reader in the Princeton Admissions Office and coordinated and conducted alumni interviews for students applying to Princeton for over ten years. I invite you to join my private Facebook Group where students, parents, and local independent college counselors in...