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My first favorite thing about working with our College Starter students is when I open my email in late spring to an excited message about where they’ve been...

Beginning in April of each school year, I sit down with my juniors for their first official college meetings. However, before they step onto the proverbial d...

Before I start, let me be completely transparent. I am privileged. I am a white male who grew up decidedly middle class. I went to college and earned a Maste...

It’s junior year and you are wrapping up a grueling first semester: a full schedule filled with AP and Honors courses, clubs and sports, friends, family obli...

Spring Sophomore Year 1. Schedule a time to meet with your counselor. Although counselors are usually very busy working with senior and junior students, they...

By Celina Petterson Many of my prospective clients ask me, “Should my son/daughter take the SAT or the ACT?” It’s the $100,000 question of pre-college test p...

So your child is preparing for college this fall... Congratulations!! I know you had a long road to get here. The last two years, in particular, you ran the...

Back in November, the ever-important 2018 State of College Admission report from the National Admissions for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) was releas...

Beginning in April of each school year, I sit down with my juniors for their first official college meetings. However, before they step onto the proverbial d...

Why? Think about this: What can we infer about the general satisfaction of its student body if a college’s retention rate is 40%? Hint: More than half of the...

Getting deferred from one of your top-choice colleges can be deflating, but all is not lost, you are still very much in the game! Take these tips on how to a...

… But that doesn’t mean that you have to wait to begin filling it out! The Common Application rollover allows students to begin answering the questions in th...

With junior year behind you and no other academic obligations on the calendar, the summer is the optimal time to work on college applications. Create and beg...

A couple of weeks ago, the NY Times ran an article about a high school senior in North Carolina who was accepted to 113 colleges. The student was rightly fet...

Find out who your admissions rep is and send them an email Don’t have sour grapes; be polite and positive. It’s a way to remind your admissions officer that ...