College Campus Safety On a college tour, a parent will invariably ask the student tour guide about safety and their child will invariably roll their eyes. But safety is a real concern, whether on a large or small, urban, suburban or rural campus. Most colleges will...
Musically gifted students who want to pursue their talent in college must decide whether they want to attend a Conservatory, where they will earn a BFA or BM, or attend a university or liberal arts college with a strong music department, where they will earn...
When T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month, he definitely did not have U.S. high school seniors in mind - for them, it is often March, as they wait for their college admission decision letters. High school students often feel like a college...
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...
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...