by Susan Osborn | Sep 3, 2019 | College Admissions
Ivy League Acceptance Rates and How You Can Still Get In Just how hard is it to get into the Ivy League? Very hard. But impossible? Not at all. With acceptance rates at top colleges and universities falling to record or lows, high school students face increasing...
by Susan Osborn | Aug 27, 2019 | College Admissions
College Rankings: Why They Matter When creating their college lists, some students look for colleges that will offer them opportunities to learn and accumulate knowledge in a particular field. For these students, learning for the sake of learning is the primary if not...
by Susan Osborn | Aug 19, 2019 | College Admissions
Common Application Essay Secrets The Common App essay is one of the most important essays your child will ever write. Why? Because the college application essay has a huge role in determining whether or not your child will be admitted to college. In fact, some...
by Susan Osborn | Aug 13, 2019 | College Admissions
Admitted to the University of California: Breakdown of Incoming Students In a press release recently issued by the Office of the President of the University of California, Janet Napolitano noted some interesting facts about who is admitted to the UC system, who isn’t,...
by Susan Osborn | Aug 7, 2019 | College Admissions
Back-to-School Check List for Rising Seniors Senior year of high school is perhaps the most stressful time of a student’s life. College-bound seniors know that there’s a lot that needs to be done—keeping up grades, retaking standardized tests, writing college...
by Susan Osborn | Jul 24, 2019 | College Admissions
Extracurricular Lists: Why Being Well-Rounded No Longer Works When advising their children about the college admissions process, parents often encourage them to explore an array of extra-curricular activities so that when they apply to college, they will appear...
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