Early Policies can maximize a student’s chances of getting into a school — but you need to understand the details. Early Decision. Early Action. Single-Choice Early Action. Regular Decision. The names sound similar, but there are huge differences. Some early application policies are binding. This means a student who gets accepted early…
The Common Application is a single college application that students can complete and send to any number of participating colleges. Currently there are 488 colleges and universities that accept the Common App. They represent an enormously diverse variety of institutions both inside and outside the U.S. Since the one Common Application can be sent to…
The Schools are coming! The Schools are coming! Attending info sessions can help students learn about colleges and, as importantly, will enable colleges to learn about their interest. To find out about upcoming info sessions, students should visit the websites of the schools they are interested in, and fill out the online forms to receive…
More and more admissions officers are looking at social-networking sites to evaluate applicants. Make sure what your student has posted won’t negatively affect any views. Some college admissions officers said they had rejected students because of what they had seen and/or read on Internet sites like Facebook or personal blog pages. Here are…
If success in the college admissions process is important, then your student needs to choose the right classes. The high school transcript is almost always the most important document in a student’s application. Keep in mind, though, rarely would there ever be one particular class on a transcript that would determine the applicant’s outcome. While…