Tip #4- Start Strong and Take Some Risks Don’t be afraid to sound a little crazy in your first line. Just as you eat with your eyes first, the first few sentences of your college essay are what grabs the…
I’ve had a lot of high school students ask me the same question: is college harder than high school? There honestly is no overarching answer that will apply to all students. I always answer, “It depends, ” because it really…
As we started ideating the idea of “Stoodnt“, we spent significant time researching the market, speaking with parents, college admission counselors in the U.S. and studying the changing landscape of college admission process. What came as a surprise to us was that…
What do you do when your elder brother gets admitted to a university like Princeton? How do you surpass that or even compete with it? Everyone around you starts expecting so much more from you. You yourself start feeling that…
This blog is written by Evan Wessler from Method Test Prep (SAT and ACT Test prep partner for Stoodnt) PREPPING Students are always looking for a surefire way to raise their SAT and ACT scores. They take courses,…
There are a few things, all of which relate to alignment with your interests, to keep in mind as you select your guidance counselor: Face to Face – If you are the kind of person that would benefit from…
Are you getting overwhelmed with even the idea of writing your college essay? I understand because when I was in your shoes, I was too. I remember sitting in my senior year AP lit class one day and feeling like…
Holistic evaluation is the system of review, which is used by nearly all the university admission offices in the United States. When a university claims it is evaluating applicants holistically what it is saying is that it will employ a…
Every winter students and parents approach me with the same question:What is the most effective use of my summer?Which programs do the colleges favor?How do I choose a summer program? There are a number of important things that students and…
If you are like me, then a liberal arts degree probably means a focus on arts and sciences. It is hard not to think of arts, humanities, history, social sciences, economics etc when someone says “liberal arts.” I recently came…