Over the next few days and weeks, high school seniors will be receiving replies to many of their Early Action and Early Decision applications. Whatever the verdict, all potential outcomes of this round of college application results can be managed whether they are exhilarating, or appear to be disheartening or confusing. Below is our general…
Class of 2016, you are in the home stretch! While your main task for the next month is to complete those college applications, it’s actually not that simple. Every college has its own process, its own forms, and its own requirements. Plus, many different pieces are needed to complete the applications. To make this easier,…
The Common Application, as well as many individual college applications, provides room for students to list out extracurricular activities. Students should spend time filling out this important part of the application. Here are a few tips for making a good impression in the activities section. 1. Create your activity list Extracurricular activities can include everything…
The Common Application went live this Saturday, August 1. Although some of the state school systems like the University of California schools, the University of Florida, and Florida State University do not use the Common App, the colleges and university members are of all sizes and missions and include public and private schools, even the…
When you start college, you start with a clean slate. Nobody in college cares what you were like in high school. For first year college students, it won’t matter if you were class president, prom queen, valedictorian, secretary of the art club, or person who liked to hang out in the parking lot during lunch….