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…
Competition to get into good schools keep increasing and you don’t have to look too far to see how tough it is becoming to get into one of the good schools in USA. Most of the top schools in the…
The first few days in the US can be daunting and lonely, especially if you don’t have any friends here and it is your first time in the US. Don’t worry though, you get used to the whole ‘college scene…
It is common practice for colleges and universities within close proximity of one another to invite small groups of college counselors to visit their campuses. These special visit days allow counselors an opportunity to learn more about academics, residential life,…
Forbes recently published a list of best colleges for each state in U.S.A. The list includes some of the well known colleges such as Yale, Princeton, Duke, Northwestern, Georgetown, Brown, but it was interesting to see a number of smaller…
Let’s say it’s April of senior year. Hopefully, you have been accepted by your top choice university! Congratulations! Once in a while, however, a student will end up very disappointed with the college admissions process results from a senior…
Tip #2- Show One or Two Important Stories, Instead of Telling Twenty-Three Different Things in Your Essay Show, don’t tell. I can’t stress this point enough to my students: describing yourself or your life through one or two…
A friend asked this question and at first, I was dumbfounded. I wasn’t quite sure how to answer, because in my mind I was going, well, it all depends. It depends on what the US Universities have to offer and the profile…