Seniors: “Grow Where You’re Planted”

By |2020-08-24T15:52:34+00:00May, 11, 2016|College Admissions|

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 [...]

Deciding Which College to Attend: Does it Really Matter?

By |2020-08-24T15:52:36+00:00April, 17, 2014|College Admissions, College Degrees, College Rankings|

You've received your acceptance letters, and, if you're lucky, you're now facing the arduous task of choosing among several great options.  On the other hand, you may be upset that you didn't get into your top choice school(s) and now have to select from "less desirable" colleges. For many students, [...]

Why Not Me? A Lesson on Dealing with Rejection

By |2020-08-24T15:52:36+00:00April, 9, 2014|College Admissions, College Applications|

By now, most people have heard about Kwasi Enin, the young man from New York who was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges.  Students who didn't fare as well in the college admissions process may be asking, "Why him?" and "Why not me?" When a student does everything he or she [...]

Easing the Sting of Rejection

By |2020-08-24T15:52:36+00:00April, 3, 2014|College Admissions, College Applications|

Whoever decided that April 1 should be the national notification deadline for college admissions decisions had a rather twisted sense of humor: "Hey, let's make April Fool's Day the final day for high school students to find out if they were admitted to or denied from the colleges of their [...]

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