All Posts Tagged With: "College admissions"
What If You’re Not a Leader?
Colleges love applicants who are leaders. This collegiate desire to find leaders doesn’t jive with the fact that most teenagers — or Americans of any other age group — just aren’t leaders. But here’s the good news: A teen doesn’t have to be the president or v.p. of his or her class to be considered [...]
23Aug2010 | Lynn | 1 comment | Continued
College Wait Lists Run Amuck
Has it become a status symbol to end up on a college wait list? During a fundraiser at my son’s high school last night, a mother shared with me that Duke University had waitlisted her son. She appeared to be bragging when she shared this news. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that [...]
16May2010 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
College Applications: What If You’re Not a Leader?
Colleges love applicants who are leaders. This collegiate desire to find leaders doesn’t jive with the fact that most teenagers — or Americans in any other age group — just aren’t leaders. But here’s the good news: A teen doesn’t have to be the president or v.p. of his or her class to be considered [...]
2May2010 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
Why High School Counselors Don’t Know Much About College
Is your teenager’s high school counselor an expert on college? Probably not. In fact, the odds are high that your counselor’s knowledge about college admission strategies, standardized testing and scholarships is limited. Ironically during this period of skyrocketing college costs, financial aid is often the subject that high school counselors know the least about. Many [...]
7Jan2010 | Lynn | 15 comments | Continued
Be Careful How You Answer These 2 College Application Questions
If you plan to apply to college as a “stealth candidate” listen up. Stealth candidates are teenagers who never contact a college before sending in their application. Stealth college applications used to be rare. Most teenagers contact colleges through traditional means such as requesting materials, talking to admission counselors at college fairs and visiting schools. [...]
6Jan2010 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
College Acceptance Letter Etiquette
High schools students have started receiving college acceptance letters. A student writing on The New York Times’ college blog today suggests that teenagers shouldn’t brag when they start getting acceptance letters. Specifically, she believes that sharing college admission news on Facebook is in poor taste. The freshman at Northwestern argues that bragging about college acceptances [...]
30Dec2009 | Lynn | 2 comments | Continued
Should You Share Dirty Secrets With College Admission Offices?
What happens if your teenagers has made a bad mistake during his or her high school years? I’m talking about a suspension from school. A drunk driving ticket. A cheating incident. How do you handle these kinds of mistakes on your college application? Lee Bierer, an independent college counselor in Charlotte, NC, and a syndicated [...]
29Dec2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
Early Admission: Getting a Jump on College Applications
This year a lot more high school students seem to be seeking early college admission decisions. According to anecdotal numbers gathered by Inside Higher Ed, the number of students applying early decision to elite and selective colleges and universities has risen. Early decision applications at Duke University, for instance, jumped 32% from last year and [...]
25Nov2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
The 75 Biggest Myths About College Admissions
Being the mother of a college junior and a high school senior, I’ve bought and skimmed through a lot of college books over the years. Many of them disappoint me because they are often focused on getting kids into the Ivy League. This fixation is ridiculously misplaced when you consider that only .2% of kids [...]
6Sep2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
Playing the College Admissions Game
Now here’s a shocker: College admissions are getting even more competitive at Ivy League schools and other highly elite colleges. That’s the conclusion of a new study, Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition, which was written by profs at Harvard and the University of Michigan. Reading the report would make many [...]
25Aug2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
