JUNIOR JANUARY – JUNE ADMISSIONS TO DO IN GENERAL √ Because a number of colleges ask for a writing sample as a part of their applications, save some of your best English, history, and other papers from this year. √ Every once in awhile stop by to say hello to your high school counselor. You [...]
JANUARY CHECKLIST For some of you, all of the applications are done and gone. Yippee! For others, there are a few left to do. What a wonderful feeling that is! Besides letting one college know that “they are the one” before May 1, here are some things to do. 1. Students with Early Decision acceptances [...]
11/30/10 NEWSFLASH FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Her are some last minute reminders about the UC application: 1. November 30: The filing period for applications for fall 2010 ends tonight at 11:59 pm. Applicants who have started an application by the time will have until 11:59 pm to submit. + Right after you submit your [...]
Just so you know and to help you think ahead, I just received news from the UCs that the following UC campuses are guaranteeing acceptance to ELC students for 2010. (Each year this list changes.) Davis Irvine (but does not apply to Dance, Music, Nursing, Business Administration, Business Economics, all majors in Engineering and Computer [...]
If you are applying EA, REA or ED to a college, not only do you need to meet the 11/1 or 11/15 deadline for getting your application in; but if you are applying for financial aid, you must also get the CSS Financial Aid PROFILE form in by the same date. Colleges also often ask [...]
Colleges with Early Decision (ED) policies reported a higher acceptance rate–70% for their ED applicants–as compared to all (regular) applicants–55 percent. This reflects a growing trend among colleges in the past couple of years. There is no information about the specific characteristics of the students who were accepted, but the word is that recruited athletes, [...]
For over 20 years, I’ve counseled thousands of students as they’ve entered the realm of the college admission process. I have learned a lot and this website is my way of sharing with you all I know. It can seem overwhelming: the deadlines, tests, essays, letters of recommendation, so I’ve designed this website to make [...]
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 [...]
August 30,2010 Morton H. Shaevitz, Ph.D. and Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz Did you know that the first course in reading and studying strategies offered by a U.S. college was at Harvard University in the 1940’s? The Bureau of Study Counsel says that, “The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course [...]