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During this time of uncertainty and instability, many questions have been raised regarding how COVID-19 will impact college admissions not only this year, but for years to come. We do not have all of the answers, but we have been doing our best to stay fully informed on the latest...

It's that special time of year when our seniors hear back from colleges. It's moments like this that make our job so fulfilling. Congratulations seniors. You have been amazing group of students and we could not be more proud of your college acceptances!

Check out this article about the benefits of students taking a gap year before college.

If you or your student are considering public schools in the California system, take a look at this blog by College Kickstart. They have outlined the admissions trends for 2015! Here is the link. https://college-kickstart.com/blog/item/university-of-california-fall-2015-admission-trends?utm_source=newsletter_131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert-university-of-california-fall-2015-admission-results

I had the opportunity to visit the College of Charleston on February 11, 2015.  As I walked onto the campus, I was amazed once again at the sheer beauty of the surroundings. Old oak trees with Spanish moss draping from them hung over the brick sidewalks that designate the campus...

By Frank Bruni, March 31,2014 in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times Over recent days the notices have gone out, an annual ritual of dashed hopes. Brown University offered admission to the lowest fraction ever of the applicants it received: fewer than one in 10. The arithmetic was...

Visited March 6, 2014     I had the opportunity to return to Vanderbilt this spring to update my information on the university. I am so glad that I did; there have been many changes in both the admissions process and the academics since I was last at Vanderbilt. This past...

Visited October 23, 2013.  Often I think that revisiting a college is a waste of time. There are so many colleges I have not seen once, so it is hard to convince myself to do a repeat. My visit to Mercer certainly taught me an important lesson; colleges do change...

Visited October 2013.  When I returned to Georgia Southern this fall, I saw a totally different campus than on my last visit. The academic quad on campus is called the "Fab 5". These state-of-the-art buildings house the following colleges: • Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology •...

Visited August 12, 2013. After leaving Missoula, we headed toward Bozeman, Montana to visit Montana State University. I was so impressed with the University of Montana that I was sure that Montana State would be a disappointment... I was definitely mistaken! Bozeman is a wonderful western town that is an...

Visited August 12, 2013. After my family’s vacation in Wyoming this summer, I was anxious to visit the University of Montana and Montana State University. I had always heard that they were two very special universities, and I certainly was not disappointed! Our drive from Jackson Hole, Wyoming to Missoula,...

This past August, my family and I had the opportunity to spend ten days in Wyoming and Montana. We rented a wonderful home that had been built by an environmentalist; the entire back of the house was glass for incredible animal sightings. Each morning we had a mother moose and...

For those of you who sent your first child off to college a few weeks ago, I want you to know that the pain in your chest (and I mean aching pain), the tendency to break out in tears whenever you walk past your child’s bedroom, and the realization that...

By Richard Perez-Pena on July 30, 2013 in The New York Times With affirmative action under attack and economic mobility feared to be stagnating, top colleges profess a growing commitment to recruiting poor students. But a comparison of low-income enrollment shows wide disparities among the most competitive private colleges. A student...

Last week (July 2013) I had the opportunity to have lunch with James Behrer who is an admissions counselor as well as the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Dean College in Massachusetts. Dean is a small residential college in Franklin, MA that is less than 45 minutes...

By Ricardo Lopez on July 23, 2013 in the Los Angeles Times It's no secret the recession wiped away many Americans' wealth and savings while altering spending habits. That has changed how many families are paying for college. A survey released Tuesday by Sallie Mae found that parents are now...

As August approaches, many of us become Dogs, Jackets, Vols, and even Horned Toads (TCU). Recently I wondered who invented the idea of the college mascot in the first place. After doing some research on the topic, I learned the answer. “According to Ruth Alexander, Professor at the University of...

Visited April 14, 2013. Near the end of our COWS (Counselors Observing Wisconsin Schools) tour, the group visited the University of Wisconsin. The admissions staff at UW was one of the most gracious I have ever encountered. After we had heard a panel of professors and admissions officers tell us...

Visited April 15, 2013. The last college that we visited on the COWS (Counselors Observing Wisconsin Schools) Tour was Marquette University. Marquette's campus is very attractive, and its close proximity to downtown Milwaukee offers many cultural and internship opportunities for Marquette's 8,000 undergraduates. Marquette is considered the premier Jesuit university...

Visited April 13, 2013. This is an amazing university. It is not close to downtown Chicago. We took a cab since I had gotten terribly lost the day before on the train. It is located 7 miles south of Chicago in Hyde Park. In 1890 John D. Rockefeller started the...

Visited April 12, 2013. Student population of Loyola Chicago is 65% Catholic, with 6,000 undergraduates. Unbelievable new construction on campus. There is a beautiful student center. The library is amazing, looking out over the lake. Campus is divided into two sections — North campus is residential and South campus is...

Visited on April 10, 2013. Admission information: 45% are taken from ED pool. The applicants need to take two subject tests. They do not recalculate gap. They always look at highest test score. Can send an additional rec. Northwestern supplemental essay is extremely important. Show motivation and why student is...

Visited April 9, 2013. This was one of the campus visits on the Cows tour. Appleton, Wisconsin is a pretty town, and the campus is beautiful! Mary Beth Petrie is the new head of admissions. Their slogan is "The Power of Individualized Thinking." Admissions: Lawrence takes 12 Posse students a...

Visited April 8, 2013. Part of Cows tour. Ripon is a college that is known for its lack of pretension. The new president is very impressive; he went to Bowdoin, Johns Hopkins and NYU. Admissions information: 30% are from Wisconsin. Many students are first generation college students. The admissions head...

Visited April 7, 2013. This was the first college on the Cows tour. Beloit is right on the Illinois border and is 75 miles from O'Hare. There is a bus going from Chicago to Beloit and Madison 12 times a day. The college is two years older than the state....

In April 2013 I visited the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss. Ole Miss is the smallest of the SEC universities with only 16,000 undergraduates. For this reason a student can have both the exciting environment of a SEC school, and at the same time, take classes in...

This past April I had the opportunity to attend the SACAC conference in Memphis, Tennessee. I had never stayed at the Peabody Hotel, so it was a wonderful experience for me. If you have never spent any time in Memphis, you need to do it. The Peabody is a magnificent...

Visited Jan 30 - Feb 2, 2013. This year I was one of the lucky college counselors invited to attend Lynn University’s 14th Annual Counselor Program. This group was comprised of twenty amazing college counselors from all over the world including individuals from Turkey, England, Switzerland, and Puerto Rico as...

Visited October 2012. I have visited all of the other Ivies in the past, but I had never seen Dartmouth before this trip. It certainly did not disappoint me. Dartmouth is comprised of 4,200 undergraduates and 1,700 graduate students. Their calendar system is called the D Plan. There are four...

Transitions 2013: High school to Higher Education Options for Students with Learning Differences On Feb 1, 2013, I had the opportunity to attend the fourth annual Transitions Conference at Lynn University. If my readers get one important message from this blog, it is to run to the website of Dr....

Visited October 2012. The first week of October last year I travelled to Vermont to visit Bennington College, Landmark College, Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, Champlain College. Since I was in the area, I also drove south one day to visit Williams College and on another day I travelled...

Last fall there was an exciting new relationship created between NY Poly and NYU University. This all began in 2008 when the New York Board of Regents approved the affiliation of Polytechnic and NYU, thus creating Polytechnic Institute of NYU. The program  officially got off and running  fall of 2011...

There is a lot of talk these days about the Honors Program at the University of Georgia. Many people wonder what is so special about it so I thought it would be helpful to highlight the primary advantages of being a part of UGA’s Honors Program. The Honors Program was...