The Common Application has just announced that the essay questions for the 2012-2013 application will be the same as this past year. This is good news, because you can start thinking about what you want to write for these essays any time from now on. A. SHORT ANSWER: Please briefly elaborate on one of your [...]
Before you take seriously the US News & World Report’s rankings to determine which of the schools you’re going to apply to, you might want to read Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “The Order of Things: What college rankings really tell us,” page 68-75, The New Yorker, February 14 &21, 2011. This well-written/researched, highly entertaining article literally [...]
This week, the home page of www.admissionpossible.com is about How to Write a Good College Application Essay. I also offer the “Top 5 Tips for a Successful 2010 College Admissions Experience” (located in the Deadlines and Tips box). This morning I was on Fox 5 News talking about those 5 tips. If you are interested, [...]
adMISSION POSSIBLE September-December To Do List SEPTEMBER Calendar • Taking into consideration your schoolwork, sports and activities, block out time each week from now until December to work on applications • Note application due dates on your calendar so that you can work out a schedule to complete them on time Applications • Gather applications [...]
September 8, 2010 The job of a college admissions officer is not easy. Case in point: Their stacks of applications are much larger than the number of students they can invite to attend their school—and somehow, they must determine who those select few students will be. Once they get past academic qualifications, such as GPA [...]
July 22, 2010 Hope you’re having a great summer! To stay on top of the admissions process, here are some things for you to do. SENIORS COLLEGE LIST • Continue updating your college list and researching colleges. Before schools starts, the list should be final. • Begin making plans for college interviews during late summer [...]
March 23, 2010 Good news for future college applicants! 25 more colleges have just joined The Common Application group. Among the colleges that will now accept The Common App are Columbia University in New York, DePaul University in Illinois, Otterbein College in Ohio, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, the St. [...]
Writing Admissions Essays Doesn’t Have To Be That Hard One of the most daunting challenges seniors face as they go through the college application process is writing application essays. Unfortunately, most student start off thinking that they have to do this completely on their own and as a result often get stuck, sitting in front [...]