This year’s Common App launched Friday, August 1st. Luckily, after a rocky implementation last year of a new generation of the Common App, the early experience of the 2014 version is going smoothly! Rising seniors can now register for an account, complete the Common App form, add their colleges, and ...
If your family is able to fully fund your child’s college education, you might feel that there is no reason for you to fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). You may think you won’t qualify, and may even believe there is an advantage to demonstrating to ...
There are many need-based financial aid opportunities out there for college students. But for those who don’t qualify–or who don’t qualify for enough–there are a large number of merit-based scholarship options as well. With perseverance and dedication, some students have been able to finance nearly their entire college education through ...
When considering colleges, students look at many factors – location, size, academic programs, athletic spirit, and financial aid packages. One important factor that often gets overlooked, however, is how long it takes students to graduate. It may not be obvious, but a college’s 4-year and 6-year completion rates can actually ...
It is not uncommon for students, having worked hard throughout high school in order to gain admission to the college of their dreams, to question the importance of their college grades. Some may think: I’ve gotten into a good college; isn’t it enough to do reasonably well? Does it really ...
Juniors! By now you have begun to research colleges and develop a preliminary list of schools to which you may soon be applying. It’s now time to plan some college visits! Here are some suggested steps to help you get started: Look up the Academic Calendar of each college to ...
You don’t have to be a literary genius to write a successful college admissions essay. You do, however, have to master the basics of grammar. While a missing comma or run-on sentence won’t earn you an immediate rejection, the fact is that admissions officers pay a lot of attention to ...
Number of early admissions applicants rises significantly Early admissions rates increase slightly Colleges fill a sizeable portion of freshman class with ED Colleges vary in how they use deferrals and denials This is the best class ever! (really) Early Decision Applicants Continue to Increase For many colleges, the number ...
An increasing number of students are seeking transfer admissions, according to Alexander Ott, a past president of the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association. In fact, about a third of all college students transfer at some point in their college career, including transfers between community colleges and four-year colleges, ...
Cleaning House: How to Tidy Up Your Social Media Footprint In our last blog, we discussed why you should tidy up your social media activity in preparation for college admissions. Now, we’ll tell you how. As The Telegraph suggests, googling yourself is a good place to start, as it will ...