Last year, the Common Application added an optional, 250-word question about COVID to the Additional Information section of the application. The prompt appears again this year and it reads: Community disruptions such as COVID-19 and natural disasters can have deep and long-lasting impacts. If you need it, this space is yours to describe those impacts….
As summer comes to an end, we urge you to squeeze everything you can out of the remaining days! Quickly approaching is a new academic year, a time for high school students to get serious. And it’s not just seniors who should be thinking ahead to college, but freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, too. As college…
As of August 1, the Common Application is live. The Common App can be used to apply to more than 900 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Seniors: If you have not already, now is the time to begin filling out your applications. The best way to complete the Common App is to…
As we prepare for the official opening of the 2021-2022 Common Application on August 1, many students have taken advantage of the summer months to get a head start on their personal statements (aka Common App essays) as well as the numerous supplemental essays and short-answer questions. Historically, the supplemental essay prompts have ranged from…
The College Board and ACT have released a full schedule of testing dates for the upcoming academic year. This is a return to “normal” after last year saw many test dates cancelled or at limited capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As college counselors, we are often asked, “Which test should I take?” The answer is, all colleges will…