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Does Applying Early Decision Work?

on October 21, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions

If you want to attend an elite college or university, you can increase your chances if you apply early decision. That’s one of the conclusions that you can draw from a new annual study released by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, The State of College Admission 2010. Highly selective colleges are increasingly relying [...]

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Be Careful How You Answer These 2 College Application Questions

on January 6, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, High school counselors

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

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Should You Share Dirty Secrets With College Admission Offices?

on December 29, 2009 in Admission practices, Admissions, College readiness, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

What happens if your teenagers has made a bad mistake during his or her high school years? I’m talking about a suspension from school. A drunk driving ticket. A cheating incident. How do you handle these kinds of mistakes on your college application? Lee Bierer, an independent college counselor in Charlotte, NC, and a syndicated [...]

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10 Colleges Where Sports Are Cash Hogs

on December 27, 2009 in Academic quality, Admission practices, Admissions

Which universities spend more on sports than classroom instruction?  In my latest college blog post for CBSMoneyWatch, I shared the list of the Division 1-A schools that spend the greatest percentage of its revenue on sports. On the list, you’ll find the top 10 college sports cash hogs, as well as the 10 schools that [...]

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A Peak Inside College Admission Offices

on December 17, 2009 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Admission practices, Admissions, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Want to know what college admission officers are really thinking? The Wall Street Journal and Unigo managed to get admission deans from eight prestigious schools, including Bryn Mawr College, Grinnell College,  Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Weslyan University to parpticipate in a panel discussion that touched on many issues that are relevant to collegebound [...]

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A College Game Plan for High School Seniors

on August 27, 2009 in Applying, Other

The other day I brought up the “E” word with my son. Ben is about to start his senior year in high school and he needs to begin thinking about the college admission essay that he’s going to write. Ben’s reaction was typical of a lot of seniors:  He groaned. Undeterred, I  told him that [...]

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