by Susan Osborn | May 20, 2019 | College Admissions
The SAT Adversity Score: What Students Need to Know The College Board’s new adversity index has been on the minds of everyone during the past few days and I’ve received many calls from concerned parents wondering how this new SAT “score” will affect their children’s...
by Susan Osborn | May 15, 2019 | College Admissions
The Six Worst College Application Essay Topics For most students the most difficult part of the already fraught college application process is coming up with topics for the Common Application essay and the supplemental college application essays. The Common App essay...
by Susan Osborn | May 1, 2019 | College Admissions
The Ideal College Application Timeline for Junior and Seniors Applying to college is a fraught process, and even families who’ve gone through the process before often feel intimidated by the sheer number of things that have to be done, and done on time. Playing...
by Susan Osborn | Apr 23, 2019 | College Admissions
College Admission Officers Now Using High-Tech Software to Track Interest In an effort to sort through a growing number of applications, about a decade ago, colleges began tracking applicants’ “demonstrated interest.” This new measure sought to calculate the...
by Susan Osborn | Apr 18, 2019 | Classroom Skills
How to Encourage Your Child’s Reading and Writing at Home In order to succeed in school, it’s important that children develop strong language and literacy-related skills early in life. But knowing how to read and write fluently doesn’t just help your child in school....
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