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If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
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SAT, ACT and Covid-19
Posted on June 13, 2020 at 2:48 PM |
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Day After Tomorrow is Decision Day
Posted on April 29, 2019 at 8:58 AM |
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Don't let your high school senior wait to the last minute to officially inform a college he or she has decided to attend. There are things beyond your control that could cause a disaster such as a power outage, college website malfunction or other unexpected event. There is no do-over after May 1st. There is a waiting list of students ready to take your son or daughter's spot in the fall freshman class. |
When do they actually decide where to go?
Posted on January 18, 2019 at 9:15 PM |
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This month many parents are as nervous as their teens about where the teen will be accepted and where they might choose to go to college. The most frequent question I am asked is about when the student should decide. The answer is simple but frustrating. Students decide where to go after all of their colleges have given them a decision on their admission application. Parents are often happy with some early admission decisions that have arrived and want the student to decide early. However students want to know all their options even when they are pretty sure that they will actually attend one of the first acceptances they received. |
Parent No-No's in the College Process
Posted on September 15, 2018 at 1:32 PM |
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One of my concerns as a bystander and supporter in the college process is keeping the parent and student relationship whole. In the last year or two that the student lives at home, it is important to evolve the relationship toward an adult-adult relationship that is more mentor-mentee than parent-child in nature. The families I worry most about are those intent on keeping the relationship a parent-child relationship because that sets the stage for 2 undesirable consequences: 1) passive student not taking an active role in decisions or 2) stressed-out student who will be estranged from parents before heading to college The passive student will have trouble adjusting at college to his new responsibilities and more shallow safety net. He may miss deadlines and fail to take care of both academic and administrative responsibilities. The stressed-out student may not do well in college if he is sentenced to a college that is a poor fit but pleases his parents. Stressed-out students my also have a more limited and strained relationship once they leave home due to the stress of the final year at home. For future relationship sake, parents should help students transition to a more responsible role in decision making regarding college choice. One thing is certain, parents who unintentionally badger their children are hurting their relationships with important people in their lives. The fallout from that is tragic. |
Don't look up, watch your wallet!
Posted on July 27, 2018 at 5:39 PM |
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When a parent directs a teen to only consider top tier colleges, that parent needs to plan to play big bucks. Although it does happen that some students I work with are at top tier colleges with significant tuition discounts, it is also possible that they will be offered admission but not enough scholarship money to make that college affordable. A variety of college targets is the best strategy. It allows parents and students to "shop" for colleges. Less well known colleges sometimes have the best program in an area and are sometimes able to be more generous with scholarship money than public universities. My experience of over a decade in college admission and scholarships is that the largest scholarships students receive come from the colleges themselves. Students who only apply to hard-to-get-into colleges, are less likely to receive financial aid. |
What if I don't get in?
Posted on May 11, 2018 at 5:19 PM |
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When a student applies to a college that put him on a wait list and he is never admitted to that college, it is not the end of the world. It may seem like it, but so long as that student applied to other similar colleges and was admitted to them, he can't lose. Over decades of working with students and families on college admission, it has seemed to me that sometimes not getting in to a particular college can be a good thing. The reason that can be true is that sometimes students choose a college for the prestige factor rather than practical reasons. Not getting in to a particular college for which the student was qualified can mean going to another college that may be more nurturing and supportive. A college that is more nurturing and supportive can translate into higher grades and better graduate school and job outcomes in the future. |
Did you let the other schools know?
Posted on March 31, 2018 at 12:48 PM |
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Many students are deciding which school they will attend in the fall. An often forgotten task is telling the other colleges where they were accepted that they are not coming. Why is this important? Students are on waiting lists at most colleges in the country. Each time an accepted student confirms that they are not coming, a student on the waiting list gets an offer. Do a good deed today-let the colleges where you were accepted but are not attending know your decision! |
Why is this so hard?
Posted on July 6, 2017 at 10:40 PM |
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Been in Trouble?
Posted on July 5, 2016 at 9:02 AM |
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April Fools and College Acceptances
Posted on April 1, 2016 at 2:47 PM |
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