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10 Tips for Writing Great Supplemental Essays for College Admissions

10 Tips for Writing Great Supplemental Essays for College Admissions

The main personal statement for the Common Application and/or Coalition Application is often just one of the essays you’ll need to write for college admissions.  Many schools include their own school-specific essays, also known as supplemental essays.  These are additional pieces of writing that give admissions officers the chance to get to know you better. Supplemental essay…

Book Release…International Admissions: How to get accepted to U.S. colleges

If you think applying to a U.S. college is hard for students going to school in the United States, just think, the college admissions process is even harder for international students.  There are many reasons for this. Often international students do not understand the process or know how to make their applications stand out. Many…

Happy Holidays and a 2016 Year End Review

Happy Holidays and a 2016 Year End Review

Congratulations are in order for so many of our students.   So far there have been exciting early acceptances for our 2017 seniors including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, MIT, Caltech, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Duke, Cornell, Michigan, NYU, Notre Dame, Tulane, UM, FSU, Emory, Washington University, Northeastern, Boston College, Penn State, UT, Babson,…

Top 10 New Year Resolutions for Parents of High School Students

2017 is coming! One more year closer to your child getting into college and heading off on a brand new adventure. In celebration of the New Year, here are resolutions to help make this time less stressful. Maintain Balance. Children are a lot less stressed when you nag them about walking the dog then to get…