Have A College Admissions Question? — Fire Away
Rachel Korn I have spent my entire career in admissions. In the beginning, I served as an admissions officer at the University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College and Brandeis University. Reading over...
View ArticleHow To Craft A Great College Essay
The summer before senior year is a great time to write your college essay. This project may seem daunting at first, since nobody has asked you to write anything quite like it before. But do not fear....
View ArticleA High School Student’s Guide To Summer Planning For College
Just when it’s spring and the world is “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful” as the poet e.e. cummings would say, it’s time for high school students to start planning their summer activities. Gone are...
View ArticleWhat Colleges Are Really Looking For
What are colleges really looking for? “What did he do wrong?” asked an unhappy mother who’d begged me for insights after her son was rejected by the top five colleges on his list. This boy had not...
View ArticleThe Ins & Outs Of Early Admission Policies
When it comes to college application deadlines, November is fast becoming the new normal. Every year the number of high school students applying to college early via Early Action and Early Decision...
View ArticleThe Best Book Ever Written On Elite College Admissions
First published a decade ago, Jacques Steinberg’s book “The Gatekeepers” still offers a revealing window into how the college admissions process really works Every fall, as almost three quarters of...
View ArticleParents: How Involved Should You Be?
Applying to college is a family affair, a process that can easily consume several years and dozens of dinner-table discussions. Parents’ wise support throughout high school can potentially improve...
View ArticleThe True Value Of A Business Degree
It’s no secret that an undergraduate degree in business comes with an attractive payoff for students today, namely that of landing a high-paid job with relative ease. Upon graduation, business majors...
View ArticleWhat I Wish I Knew As A High School Senior
Trial-and-error is a perfectly acceptable way to learn – especially when it comes to learning life lessons in college. Unfortunately, trial-and-error is also a style of learning that tends to end in...
View ArticleDon’t Write A Stale College Essay
Gabrielle Glancy, an educational consultant who regularly tutors students with GPAs of 4.4, thinks college applicants approach their essays entirely the wrong way. “Most people who are in admissions...
View ArticleIf You Go To An Ivy, Will You Turn Out To Be An ‘Entitled Little Shit’?
It’s easy to despair about the state of higher education. William Deresiewicz, the author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, has spent a...
View ArticleGetting Guidance From A Guidance Counselor
Annie Henning, 19, majoring in corporate communications with a business administration minor at Southeast Missouri State University, reaped benefits from her high school counseling program. High school...
View ArticleBest & Worst States For Career Counseling
A pernicious stigma lies behind the extreme variation between states’ student-to-school-counselor ratios, says the head of the organization representing counselors. The average California counselor...
View ArticleWhy ‘Assured Admit’ Programs To B-School Have Growing Appeal
Inside an undergraduate class at Ohio State University For prospective business majors, getting into the college of one’s choice is often just the first step of an uphill battle. At many schools these...
View ArticleWhat Parents Need To Know To Help A Child Select A College
Kelley Dean Idalene KesnerWhen Idalene Kesner was helping her high school-aged son select colleges, she insisted on one often overlooked factor. The dean of Indiana University’s Kelley School of...
View ArticleAn Interview With Ross Admissions Director Blaire Moody Rideout
Blaire Moody Rideout, admissions director for Ross’ undergraduate business programBlaire Moody Rideout’s background in student counseling and advising has come in handy in her job overseeing the...
View ArticleUsing Free SAT Prep To Help Students With College Admissions
Rena Pacheco-TheardWhile many high school students spend months studying for the SATs, Rena Pacheco-Theard prepped for hers in a single evening. “A friend gave me her SAT book the night before because...
View ArticleEssential Math Formulas For The ACT
Columbia Business School – Ethan Baron photoThere is at least one way in which the ACT is not the friendlier alter ego of the SAT: It stubbornly refuses to hand over any freebie math formula knowledge...
View ArticleSpring Break College Visit Guide
Spring Break is here! For some, this might be time to visit grandparents, head to an adventurous destination or relax on the beach. However, for high school juniors, now is the perfect time to consider...
View ArticleReuters Finds Extensive Cheating Through ACT Program
Hand completing multiple choice exam. Photo: Alberto G. FlickrAn international prep program may be helping foreign students cheat on the ACT, a Reuters investigation has found. But it isn’t outsiders...
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