by Susan Osborn | Feb 19, 2018 | College Admissions
College Applications: How to Stand Out in 8 Minutes or Less Last month, after The Wall Street Journal reported that it takes college admissions officers eight minutes to read and evaluate your child’s entire college application (“Some Elite Colleges Review an...
by Susan Osborn | Feb 13, 2018 | College Admissions
College Counselors: How to Pick the Best One for Your Child Each year, the competition for college admission becomes more competitive and the process becomes more confusing, both for parents who have “been there before” and parents unfamiliar with the US educational...
by Susan Osborn | Feb 1, 2018 | College Admissions
10 Best Brainstorming Prompts for the Common Application Essay To write a great common application essay, you have to think about yourself in a way you never have before. You have to reflect on your past, your experiences, and yourself. If that just sounds...
by Susan Osborn | Feb 1, 2018 | College Admissions
Why Students Should Start Working on Common Application Essays the Summer Before Senior Year The common application essay is an essay the likes of which you’ve never written. You’ve been told that it’s a personal statement. But in fact, it’s not. It’s a strategic...
by Susan Osborn | Jan 4, 2018 | College Admissions
8 Ways To Get An Extra Edge After You Submit Your College Application After you’ve finished submitting your college applications, here are eight ways to get an edge on the competition. Call the admissions offices of the colleges to which you applied and ask if...
by Susan Osborn | Nov 29, 2017 | College Admissions
Three Tips for Writing Successful College Application Supplemental Essays In many admissions offices, the supplemental essays are referred to as the “weeder outer” essays. In other words, admissions officers use these college-specific essays to eliminate (or weed out)...
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