Recommendations 101 Don’t care what other people think about you? Think again! Many colleges require at least one recommendation letter from either your school counselor or a teacher. Some colleges even require a counselor letter, plus one – or two – teacher recommendations. Your recommendations should ideally come from teachers who taught you in 11th […]
October Advice for Seniors
Senior year is moving fast! Make sure you’re on track with the college application process by reviewing our October advice for seniors. Request any outstanding recommendations. If you’ve been on the fence about which teachers will recommend you, make a point of figuring it out soon! Remember, you want to have 2 teachers from core academic […]
Advice for Accepted Students
By now, you’ve probably heard back from most, if not all, of the colleges you applied to. You may not have been offered admission everywhere, but you’ve probably got a few acceptances under your belt. As May 1 approaches, here is our advice for how to handle your college acceptances. 1) Celebrate! You worked hard, and deserve […]
Post Early Deadlines Advice
At this point, you may have submitted an Early application or two. If so – congratulations! But now that the Early deadlines have passed, it’s time to turn your attention to Regular Decision. We know many questions come up around this time, so here is some advice on the most common things we’re asked about […]
Deferred Application Advice
You may have recently received a defer decision from one of your early application colleges, and you might be wondering what that means, and what you can do about it. This blog post should clear up a few things, and help you plan for the future. What does it mean that my application was deferred? If […]