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Deferred? 8 Things You Can Do

on January 2, 2013 in Admission practices, Applying

What happens if your child recently received a college admission deferral in the mail? Plenty of students, who applied to schools via early action and early decision applications, received their deferral notices around the holidays.  The news clearly wasn’t the kind of gift these teenagers were expecting, but students need to understand that a deferral [...]

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Answering the College Major Question

on September 5, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

In my last post, I shared a question that Mike, a frequent college blog visitor, asked. Mike’s daughter is struggling with this college application question: Why do you want to attend this college? If you missed the post here it is:  A Puzzling College Application Question Today I wanted to focus on the second college [...]

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A Puzzling College Application Question

on September 3, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

I received an email over the Labor Day weekend from a father named Mike, whose daughter is unsure about how to handle a couple of typical questions on her college applications. I’m sharing Mike’s first question today and I’ll direct my next college blog post to his second question that involves declaring a college major. [...]

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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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11 Things To Know About the Common Application

on November 30, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

We’re in the thick of college application season, which is why I’ve been getting questions lately about the Common Application. Today I’m providing you with answers to some of the most frequent questions. There are 456 colleges that use the Common Application, which is intended to make applying to colleges easier. With the Common App, [...]

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Should You Be Flattered By a College’s Red Carpet Treatment?

on September 20, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

I received an email yesterday from a friend of mine whose son is a brilliant high school senior. She wanted to know what they should think about invitations her son has received to apply to colleges through VIP or priority applications. Here is her question: My son has received approximately 10+ email/print invitations from schools [...]

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