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Answering Your College Questions

on May 7, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research, SAT/ACT

Last week people posted questions on The College Solution’s Facebook page that I promised to answer after visiting a regional college conference in Reno. I started chipping away at the questions last week with these two posts: Answering Your SAT and ACT Questions The Realities of Merit Scholarship Facebook Questions Today I am answering questions [...]

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The Hazards of Being a Stealth Applicant

on December 21, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

If you plan to apply to college as a stealth applicant listen up. Stealth applicants are teenagers who never contact a college before sending in their application. Stealth college applications used to be rare. Most teenagers contacted colleges through traditional means such as requesting materials, talking to admission counselors at college fairs and visiting schools. [...]

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College Admissions: The Rich Kid Advantage

on September 28, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

College Admissions: The Rich Kid Advantage A new ambitious survey of hundreds of senior college admission officials from across the country has revealed just what kind of high school students are in big demand: R-I-C-H kids. It’s no surprise that admission officers at both public and private colleges and universities are salivating over wealthy teenagers. [...]

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The Odds of Applying Early Decision

on September 6, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

Should you apply early decision to your favorite college or university? I know fall has arrived because I’ve started receiving questions about early decision. I’ll be addressing early decision and early action issues in the coming weeks, but I wanted to answer a question that I received today from a mother, who heard me give [...]

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How To Reach Out to a College

on August 17, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

How do you contact a college? I decided to write about this today because I’m helping a great young man named Tyrone in St. Louis navigate his college choices. He will be the first person in his family to attend college so I wasn’t surprised that he didn’t know how to reach out to colleges. [...]

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Reading a College Admission Office’s Mind

on July 19, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

In my last post I talked about the benefits of visiting colleges before applying — particularly at schools where you can collect brownie points for showing up. If you missed it, here it is: Which Colleges Should I Visit? Today I’m directing you to a couple of resources that can help you pinpoint whether a [...]

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