Every year in mid-September the question arises for high school students and parents - what courses should we select for next year? How...

The most effective way to write a college essay is to be personal, honest, and vulnerable. There are other ways, but this is the most...

It’s difficult for seniors in high school to know what they want in a college, what a particular school is really like, and even what...

Here are a few exercises to get started As we said in the last blog, the objective of the college essay is to make a deep connection with...

If applicants are smart, late spring or early summer is the time to get down to drafting the college essay. The essay will go through...

In a nutshell: Most applications will open August 1 for students applying for fall 2023 enrollment. College deadlines most often fall...

When you apply to a college, you may not be accepted or rejected. Instead, you might get waitlisted. This probably means that you met the...

To begin to consider which extracurricular activities will most impress selective colleges and universities, we should enumerate the...

When I went on a college tour with my parents, we tried to see eight colleges in seven states in six days. We were from California, and...

The concept of the liberal arts descends from Plato, who believed that any wise, compassionate, and trustworthy citizen would have...