Last month, I visited Bryn Mawr College, a women's college in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I can't say enough about how impressed I was with the young women I met during my visit. I had the pleasure of interacting with several students, all of whom were poised, articulate, intelligent, and dedicated. [...]
Every fall, I see high school seniors struggle to fill out the activities section of their college applications. For most students, the hardest part is trying to describe each activity in 150 characters or fewer, as required by the Common Application. Yet for some students, the difficulties revolve around remembering what [...]
For the last several years, around mid-April, I've seen headlines that say something along the lines of, "College acceptance rates hit record low." Frank Bruni, who for many years wrote a New York Times column about college and college admissions, published a column on March 30 in which he stated that Stanford's acceptance [...]
Enough of my Class of 2017 students have taken the ACT that I'm beginning to see a pattern in their Writing scores: compared to these students' scores on the other sections of the test, their Writing scores have been surprisingly low. For example, one of my students had an English score of [...]
I wrote an article about merit scholarships that was published in the April 2016 issue of the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle. As the article explains, merit scholarships are a great option for families that don't qualify for need-based financial aid but can't afford to pay full price. Contrary to popular belief, you don't [...]
March is an important month for high school seniors: by the end of it, most students will know which colleges admitted them and which didn't. Students may know April 1 as April Fool's Day, but, it is also the date by which many colleges release their admissions decisions. Students then have until [...]
Many people think of summer vacation as exactly that: a vacation. However, if you're a high school student who hopes to attend a selective or highly selective college, your summer needs to involve more than sitting by the pool, hanging out with your friends, or playing video games. Just as colleges are interested in [...]
As spring approaches, many high school juniors and their parents are beginning to feel the impending pressure of college, if they haven’t been feeling it already. For those who are just beginning their college search, the prospect may seem overwhelming. With more than 4,700 colleges in the United States [...]
Discovery College Consulting is excited to welcome Marci Colb to its team! Marci has been a college consultant for five years, so she has considerable expertise about the college search and application process. Additionally, for 15 years she has worked in college admissions and student affairs. Marci’s various roles on [...]
The start of school marks the arrival of another important fall ritual: college fairs, which are gatherings of representatives from colleges. Typically, the representatives will have tables on which they’ll display brochures and materials from the college. Some fairs are limited to local or in-state colleges, while others include schools [...]
