The Ultimate College Application Timeline to Help Your Process
The Ultimate College Application Timeline Welcome to the summer before your senior year! At this point, you’re probably excited about your summer plans and a little apprehensive about the college application process. The good news is that having a college application timeline will help you stay on track and relieve a lot of stress (and […]
Tips for Learning to Love Your College Acceptances
Learning to Love Your College Acceptances When I was admitted to the University of Chicago, but not Davidson (my dream school), I failed to accept reality with my college acceptances. Staying up until 2 am every night for the next week, I would stare at the Davidson homepage and romanticize about a life there that […]
How I Read Each Section When Evaluating a College Application
How I Read a College Application, Exactly I loved reading college applications at Dartmouth! Each one was like a riddle where I would try to fit the pieces of information together and form a complete image of an applicant in my mind. Every hopeful student wonders what happens to their college application behind the closed […]
11 Reasons to Practice Public Speaking in High School
11 Reasons to Practice Public Speaking in High School Fear of public speaking is one of the most common phobias in the world. Estimates indicate that 75% of people have speech anxiety. There are many reasons to avoid being part of this statistic! When it’s time to apply for college, comfort with public speaking comes in handy. […]
How to Tackle Applying to College as a Homeschooler
Applying to College as a Homeschooler Homeschooled for high school? In the past, you might have been in a panic about applying to college as a homeschooler. However, things have definitely changed. As the number of homeschoolers has skyrocketed over the past two decades, so has the number of homeschooler acceptances at top universities. There […]
You Submitted Your Early Applications. What’s Next?
You Submitted Your Early Applications. What’s Next? Take a deep breath. For those of you who submitted Early Decision or Early Action applications, congrats! You’ve likely been working really hard for 4-6 months, putting together strong and compelling applications. In reality, you’ve probably been working hard for a lot longer than that—taking rigorous classes, maintaining […]
Early Admission Options: Which One is Right for You?
Early Admission Options: Which One is Right for You? With so many early admission options, it’s easy to get confused. Early Action, Restrictive Early Action, Single-Choice Early Action, Early Decision I and Early Decision II…Can you apply ED and REA? Can you apply EA to more than one school? What about ED I and ED […]
10 Journals Where You Can Get Published in High School
10 Journals Where You Can Get Published in High School Do you have a great story to tell? Do you want to study creative writing in college? Are you itching to become the next Veronica Roth who was only 22 when her New York Times Bestseller Divergent appeared in print? Are you trying to get published […]
The 5 Worst Things You Could do as a Parent During College Applications
College Application Tips for Parents: The 5 Worst Things You Could Do as a Parent During College Applications Being a parent is always challenging, but certain points in your children’s lives stand out. Being a parent college during college applications is definitely one of those points. When my kids were applying, it often felt as […]
IB vs AP: Which Should You Choose?
IB vs AP: Which is Better? Does your high school offer both AP and IB classes? Which should you choose? Which will help you succeed at getting into the best colleges? IB vs AP is a big and very important choice to make during 10th grade before you commit to your 11th grade courses! What is the […]