This is the year of lots of standardized tests, including the PSAT and a chance at a National Merit Scholarship. It’s also a year for college visits and the final full year of grades that will be included in your students college application. Of course you want to help your student put their best foot Read More

In my nightmares, all the outreach programs for under-represented and/or first-gen students will become ineffective as tuition soars. Colleges will go out of business as fewer and fewer people can afford to teach there. The American education system will explode in a fireball constructed by corporate greed, and this country will return to a 19th Read More

Passion and determination are highly valued in the admissions office. Academics matter a lot, but your students need to find the right balance as they go through high school between hitting the books and pursuing activities outside the classroom that reflect who they are – and then figure out how to make themselves shine through Read More

U.S. News & World Report put together a list of 10 steps your students can take to pick the right college. These tips can help them narrow down their list and pick the right fit school for them. Revisit their list: Were they accepted to more than one of their top choices? That’s an enviable Read More

High school success (or lack of it) doesn’t automatically apply to college. Your students start college with a clean academic slate, along with a lot of independence and a myriad of critical decisions as they begin the transition into adulthood. The decisions that they make and the actions they take during this first year of Read More

There are a few things parents and their children need to make sure they do before heading off to college. Here is a list courtesy of Parent Toolkit: Fill out any required forms and documents. There are always forms that slip through the cracks. Your student will need to make sure their college gets a Read More

There are a number of prestigious Colleges that still require an interview before granting admission. Sometimes the interview will take place on the College campus and oftentimes in a major city on an appointed date for respective student applicants from that area. Many of your students tend to panic when they find out this is Read More

More than 450 College’s & Universities still have openings and are actively pursuing students for the Fall 2018 semester according to NACAC’s annual College Openings Update: Options for Qualified Students, a voluntary listing of NACAC member postsecondary institutions that are still accepting applications from prospective freshman and/or transfer students for the upcoming fall term. The College Openings Read More

Last year, Kelly Jordan, vice president for student affairs at Holy Cross College in South Bend, Ind., accidentally sent an email to the entire student body declaring that the small Catholic college was on the brink of financial ruin. “It may be that I will spend the better part of the coming year closing down Read More

As college costs continue to rise students and their parents should continue to search for ways to make it more affordable and cut their costs. USA Today put out a list of 5 things that your students can do to make it more affordable: Budget for the tuition over the next four years – How Read More