Each admissions cycle families ask me to recommend books on higher education and the college admissions process. Here are a few 2022 releases I look forward to reading this year: The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be by Wendy...
As high school seniors put the final touches on their college applications, and the 2021-2022 application season winds down, attention quickly turns to juniors. What can they expect for the 2022-2023 admissions cycle? Here are some early trends: The future of standardized testing remains in...
Many high school seniors have just submitted their early applications. While exciting, this can also be anxiety producing - hitting “submit” for the first time means letting go of the application and turning the process over to colleges. It’s impossible to eliminate all stress and...
When my students build their college list, we start with criteria that is important to them in their college experience. One criterion is on-campus versus off-campus living: do students want a four-year residential college experience, or do they want to live off campus after their...
Last summer, I wrote a blog about which colleges were welcoming students to campus for the fall 2020 semester, and what Covid-19 protocols they were putting in place to keep students, faculty and staff safe. Happily, all colleges and universities intend to be open and...
At a recent professional conference for educational consultants, I attended a phenomenal presentation about the hyper-education of American students. Families are enrolling children in academic enrichment programs and hiring tutors as early as age three, believing that academic accomplishment is the key to future success....
This summer high school students and their families may take a college road trip, a rite of passage in the college application journey. Of course, families are fortunate, and grateful, that the receding pandemic has made these visits possible again. While a college road trip...
College students’ mental health has been a simmering crisis on college campuses for years – well before the pandemic shuttered campuses last spring. According to a 2019 report from the American College Health Association that surveyed over 86,000 college students at 134 colleges and universities,...
This summer rising high school seniors will be visiting colleges, either in-person or virtually. They will attend an admissions office information session and go on a student-led campus tour; if they are visiting in-person they may check out the bookstore for some swag or the...
Taking a standardized test – the SAT and ACT – has long been a rite a passage for high school students, an integral part of their college application journey. First introduced in 1926 and 1959 respectively, standardized tests have been alternatively hailed as a way...