So Many Tests, So Little Time. How do I Choose between the SAT and ACT? I know, I know, students can just go nuts trying to decide which of these two “adorable” standardized exams will best demonstrate their natural intelligence and analytical ability. Let’s break it all down: 1) THE SAT format has three sections: …
In truth, interviews are more to keep college admissions alumni happy and engaged than to be a thorn in the side of solid and interested applicants. But these tips will help make your application interview a success: When you’re at your college interview, do not drink or eat anything, even if your interviewer offers. Do …
SATs and ACTs don’t go away. They are a factor in hiring from high school senior summer internships through one’s forties. It just depends on the company to which you’re applying for internships or jobs. Many will “generously” have spaces right on their applications for your Math and Verbal scores. So, if there were ever …
International Students Must Do their Due Diligence Another vital part of an international application is doing your due diligence through in depth college research. It’s a big and exciting step to pursue studies in another country. Study the website of every college on your wish list. Make use of the college’s international admissions officer—every university …
Universities in the U.S. welcome international students with pride and the knowledge that they will make each campus more compelling, interesting and vibrant. If you are an international student, you should know that your classroom participation will inform the perspectives of American students in essential ways—lending important and divergent voices to global issues. The Application …
I know, I know… the college essay process is stressful! However, learning to appreciate, surrender to, and respect the art of revision as a high school senior will be terrific experience for your future writing (which will also require respecting and surrendering to the art of revision). You will be revising resumes, activity sheets, personal …
What goes on and what stays off? As the August application frenzy hits its stride, many of my students are asking about the value of creating a résumé for college. “Why should I do more work,” they ask, “when the Common Application is happy with an Activities List?” The answer to that is, YOU may …
Big college admission mistakes many high school students make when applying to universities Avoid them to increase your chances of getting admitted to your top choice school When you decide to complete only your Early Application and wait to see what happens in December before you write your other ten over winter break…That’s Not Brilliant! …
Seniors, we understand that your sense of privacy is, shall we say, flexible, but admission officers have flexibility too. They can check your fluid high school privacy on Facebook and Google at their discretion-without warning to you, and with possibly devastating outcomes. According to a Kaplan survey of college admissions officers, more than one in …
Know these warning signs of the stressed-out, over-caffeinated high school student. You Should Switch to Decaf If: You’ve been on Wikipedia for 23 hours and still can’t figure out why there was no Pope Sixtus VI in your AP Euro textbook. You’ve been studying calculus so long that the voices in your head have bodies. …