What a “Good Fit” college means to you What does it really mean to have a college be a “Good Fit” for you? Good fit is highly subjective. That means you have to do some investigating on what you actually want and are looking for from a university. Before I knew what a “Good Fit” […]
The following post is a true personal story from one of our college counselors…. It’s a hard topic to cover because so much of this choice is based on individual situations. So, I am going to use myself as an example. I am the eldest of 4 and the first to attend college. My parental […]
How to Be Yourself in Your College Essays Time and time again, you will hear college admissions representatives say to “be yourself” in your college essays. I find that many of my students struggle with this because they RATHER be the student that the college wants to admit (versus being truly themselves). And, really, who […]
October 10th #askfriday We have a question from one of our repeat #askfriday participant. I love it when we have repeat participant. The question: Here is another question. This is about picking a major. A counselor advised us to choose a major like History and then after your freshman year at college, transfer to Computer […]
How the College Applications Process is Like Dating People always laugh at me when I say the college process is like dating. But after 10+ years in the industry, I still agree with my analogy. In fact, I think it only gets better with time. Here are a few snippets so that you can see […]
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