Students, you should begin a high school résumé draft by the end of freshman year. It makes things so much easier when you suddenly have to construct a résumé for college during the frenzy of the summer prior to senior year. How do you begin to build your résumé as early as 9th grade? [A] …
We have been saying for a while that top colleges and universities look for risk takers, outside-of-school leaders, builders, EXTRAPRENEURS. Well, in 2018, this same pattern has become THE overarching theme that Admissions looks for—evident as my students continue to gain admittance into their top college choices due, in large part, to their “extrapreneurial” pursuits. …
Babson College: by mid-March Barnard College: by late March Bates College: by April 1 Boston College: by April 1 Bowdoin: by early April Brandeis: by April 1 Brown University: by end of March Bucknell University: by March 28 Caltech: by mid-March Carleton College: by April 1 Carnegie Mellon University: by April 15 Claremont McKenna College: …
There are seven essay prompts offered by the Common App for the class of 2021, but only a few that will be right for you. I will discuss which prompts are “DO”s and which are “DON’T”s when you call me to chat: The 2017-2018 Common Application Essay Prompts: Some students have a background, identity, interest, …
A New Major for Social Science and Technology students at SUNY Albany With growing concern over national security in general and cyber security in particular, University at Albany, State University of New York has become the first university to award a bachelor’s degree to majors in: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity. The College of …
With students submitting a torrential downpour of college applications these days, it is inevitable for waitlists to be overflowing with strong pre-college candidates. More and more universities are attempting to “work the numbers” and find artful ways to accept additional students who, although not necessarily the top intellectual choices, might come from families that can …
How can you find the best-fit job for your skills and college major? Perhaps the new LinkedIn app will have the answer. Using insights from LinkedIn’s database of over 400 million professionals, the brand new app helps you discover jobs that are a best fit for graduates with your major, companies that tend to hire …
There are over 35,000 high schools in the United States alone. Which means each June, over 35,000 valedictorians graduate and head to college (along with 35,000 more salutatorians). You’d think they’d all end up attending an Ivy League university or top tier college. But that doesn’t happen. It’s mathematically impossible. (The top 25 schools in …
Three Last Minute Tips for Applying: (1) What to Write About in Your Supplementary Essays: If you are a science researcher, it may seem enticing to use that subject for your personal statement and then again to write about that research experience for your supplemental essay, and perhaps, to even write specifically about one of …
“…the reading section won’t be so ‘recondite,’ because obscure words like that are disappearing.” Is this a good thing or does it sound the death knell for sophisticated writing and expression? “Instead of recalling a definition from vocabulary flash cards, they’ll have to read prose passages carefully to choose an answer.” Does the act of …