by Lee Norwood | Aug 30, 2023 | Essays
It’s that time of year when most of you high school seniors are finalizing your Personal Statements, required by nearly every college in the country. Once you complete that, you may find that you have a number of supplemental essays to write. A common supplemental...
by Lee Norwood | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Gentle reader, To Test or Not to Test? Here is our answer: TEST! If you are from a zip code where the admissions office knows that your high school offers testing and testing is an actual topic of conversation on the sidelines and at the dinner table, your student...
by guestblogger | Aug 15, 2023 | College Admissions, Essays
For all the miraculous things that ChatGPT can do, it has a lot of people worried, not least of all college consultants. College applicants need to write their own essays, and ChatGPT makes it too easy to fudge. Sort of. But will college admissions officers be running...
by Lee Norwood | Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Brag Sheet holds immense value when it comes to crafting college recommendations for your child. It is an opportunity for you to shed light on their exceptional qualities, allowing their true brilliance to shine through. As the one who knows your child best, you...
by Cori Dykman | Jun 1, 2023 | College Admissions, Extra Curricular, Junior Year
What are you passionate about? If you interview with an admissions counselor or attend an information session, this question will inevitably come up. But what do colleges really mean when they ask this question? How can you showcase your passions on your application?...