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College admissions is an ever-evolving area. With an increasing number of applicants (including foreign students), more students applying early, technology-enabled changes (Internet-based submission methods), standardized test changes and more, it’s key to stay apprised of admissions updates.

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COVID and the Time of College Applications

COVID-19 has caused the college search and application process to present surreal challenges. The COVID College Search In-person college visits are not yet available at most colleges and may not be available at any point during the summer.  I think that this lack of opportunity to see campuses, combined with the general shock we all […]

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Thoughts on Freshman Year 2020

I think we all need to get comfortable with the inability to make any specific plans regarding the physical aspects of college attendance this coming year.

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Summer Programs for High School Students

In general, colleges are much more concerned about how a kid grows from a summer program than what, exactly, they did.  Your child might have an experience that is so impactful that she writes about it in a college essay, or maybe it is something she mentions in a short answer question from a college or in an interview on campus.  Or maybe she just expands her world view and returns home a better and more interesting human.

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A Teacher’s Five Tips for This Year’s High School Juniors

Kids in high school don’t get enough advice from teachers and counselors about how to approach their classes, and, just as importantly, how to think about their in-class presence. The author’s comments certainly help guide kids toward making the sort of impression that informs a good letter of recommendation for college, but, less cynically, they simply remind students of what their responsibility is in high school. This article is aimed at juniors, but applies equally to sophomores and seniors (anyone who has taught freshmen knows that they have too much going on in their busy little minds to absorb much advice).

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Common Application Essay Tips: Expedition College

In this post, I offer Expedition College’s Common Application Essay Tips  (www.commonapp.org).  My previous post discusses the sorts of things that a college essay should aim to communicate while this one delves into the essay prompts themselves.  https://expeditioncollege.com/2019/09/03/demystifying-the-college-essay-part-1/. Since my last writing, a client mentioned to me that they understood that colleges are especially drawn […]

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Demystifying the College Essay Part 1

What is the secret to writing a compelling college essay?  Authenticity. Kids often worry that they need to write an essay that is “different,” or one that describes a fantastic achievement or experience.  They don’t, of course. The average 17 year-old has led a pretty average life.   The most basic goals of the college essay […]

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New Frontiers in Standardized Testing

I recently had to do a deep dive into standardized testing strategy and planning when a student of mine with a perfect ACT and nearly perfect AP scores was trying to decide what to do about taking and submitting SAT Subject Test Scores, which were coming out lower than the other tests he had taken. […]

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Even After the Admissions Scandal Colleges Won’t Check Most Applications

In the post-Rick Singer Admissions Fraud era, this article reviews the steps colleges do and don’t take to make sure that admissions applications are honest representations of a student.

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Your Questions about the New Adversity Score on the SAT, Answered

The SAT is adding a new “Adversity Score” to the score reports it sends to colleges for the 2019/2020 admissions year. This article explains what the score does and does not measure.

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Stressed Teens Fret Over How Much To Relax During the Summer

To paraphrase a well-known college counselor in Atlanta, I think that summers should be productive, but in a way that relates to things that a student genuinely wishes he or she could have had time for during the high school academic year.

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Thoughts on Freshman Year 2020

Thoughts on Freshman Year 2020

May 26, 2020

I think we all need to get comfortable with the inability to make any specific plans regarding the physical aspects of college attendance this coming year.

Summer Programs for High School Students

Summer Programs for High School Students

December 4, 2019

In general, colleges are much more concerned about how a kid grows from a summer program than what, exactly, they did.  Your child might have an experience that is so impactful that she writes about it in a college essay, or maybe it is something she mentions in a short answer question from a college or in an interview on campus.  Or maybe she just expands her world view and returns home a better and more interesting human.

Common Application Essay Tips: Expedition College

Common Application Essay Tips: Expedition College

September 9, 2019

In this post, I offer Expedition College’s Common...

Demystifying the College Essay Part 1

Demystifying the College Essay Part 1

September 3, 2019

What is the secret to writing a compelling college essay? ...

New Frontiers in Standardized Testing

New Frontiers in Standardized Testing

August 14, 2019

I recently had to do a deep dive into standardized testing...

Fort Lewis College : June Newsletter Topic

Fort Lewis College : June Newsletter Topic

July 19, 2019

A little while back, I took a road trip within Colorado,...

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    Thoughts on Freshman Year 2020

    Thoughts on Freshman Year 2020

    May 26, 2020

    I think we all need to get comfortable with the inability to make any specific plans regarding the physical aspects of college attendance this coming year.

    Summer Programs for High School Students

    Summer Programs for High School Students

    December 4, 2019

    In general, colleges are much more concerned about how a kid grows from a summer program than what, exactly, they did.  Your child might have an experience that is so impactful that she writes about it in a college essay, or maybe it is something she mentions in a short answer question from a college or in an interview on campus.  Or maybe she just expands her world view and returns home a better and more interesting human.

    Common Application Essay Tips: Expedition College

    Common Application Essay Tips: Expedition College

    September 9, 2019

    In this post, I offer Expedition College’s Common...

    Demystifying the College Essay Part 1

    Demystifying the College Essay Part 1

    September 3, 2019

    What is the secret to writing a compelling college essay? ...

    New Frontiers in Standardized Testing

    New Frontiers in Standardized Testing

    August 14, 2019

    I recently had to do a deep dive into standardized testing...

    Fort Lewis College : June Newsletter Topic

    Fort Lewis College : June Newsletter Topic

    July 19, 2019

    A little while back, I took a road trip within Colorado,...

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