How to Choose a College: A Step-By-Step Guide
How do you choose a college that’s right for you? What a daunting question! The good news: there are more than 4,500 colleges and universities in the US. Even better news: most schools accept most students, with the national average at 65.8% in 2014 (source)….
What is Holistic Review?
Holistic review is a process, recently adopted by the University of California school system, in which student applications are reviewed in the context of particular challenges a student has had to endure. (To put it bluntly, under holistic review, a minority student growing up in South Central…
5 Resources That Will Save You $3,480
Any favorite sites for researching schools? For the pro perspective, go where for $20 you can get online access to the Fiske Guide to Colleges, which is pretty much the go-to guide for college research (#1 on Amazon). This $20 is optional but totally worth…
Five Common Myths About College Majors
Myth #4: If I get a humanities or liberal arts degree I’ll be “unemployed and unemployable” because I won’t have any marketable skills. Nope. One recent study suggests, in fact, that over the long haul humanities and social science majors out-earn those who went through professional and…
I’m a Junior and it’s February. Next step?
Here are five things you can be doing to set yourself up for a beauty of a college application: 1. Getting the best grades in the toughest classes your school offers. You probably know that your GPA is really important to colleges, but you may…
How to Choose a Major
So what do you do? Deciding how to pick your major doesn’t have to be all painful. Schwartz has some good advice, which I’ve adapted here for the high school senior picking a major: Decide what’s most important to you. Sound impossible? It’s not, actually. Take…
5 Reasons Why Your Major May not Matter as Much as You Think
4. Your job may not exist yet Here’s a list of ten jobs that didn’t exist ten years ago. The list includes app developer, sustainability expert, social media manager, and (one of my jobs) educational consultant. Who knows what new careers will exist in ten years?…
How Choosing Your Classes Ahead of Time Can Help You Get into the Right College
Do you have the right goal? Ask yourself: am I thinking of getting into college as trying to “get something” for myself? Am I trying to satisfy my own ego? According to LaBier, “such goals are, in fact, less likely to generate positive outcome, whether…
How to Make Sure Your College Application Is Doing Its Job
First of all, what is the job of your college application? To demonstrate a variety of amazing things about you: strengths, passions and anything else that shows you’d be a fantastic and valuable contribution to any college campus. So how do you make sure your app is doing…
A How-To Guide for the Short Answer Questions for Highly-Selective Colleges
Oh, and: 7. DON’T use adjectives that repeat info already clear on your application. Examples: motivated, hardworking, determined. Yup. You and every other student with a great GPA. Which reminds me: 8. DO make sure your adjectives are all clearly different and interesting: In the…