Welcome back to another installment of “True or False”, in which I look at the assumptions, beliefs, opinions and myths surrounding a specific aspect of college admissions. I will use relevant data to evaluate whether or not these ideas are “True” or “False”–or somewhere on a continuum between the two. As I’ve mentioned before, I am […]
Category: College admissions
“So You Don’t Have To”: A Visit to Elmira College
As promised, I will use this space to share my experiences visiting colleges with you. Hopefully you will find these notes useful. If you like the schools I discuss you should do everything you can to visit on your own, but this should tide you over until you can. In late July I had the opportunity […]
“So You Don’t Have To”: A Visit to Case Western Reserve University
As promised, I will use this space to share my experiences visiting colleges with you. Hopefully you will find these notes useful. If you like the schools I discuss you should do everything you can to visit on your own, but this should tide you over until you can. At the end of June I had […]
“So You Don’t Have To”: A Visit To The University of Chicago
As promised, I will use this space to share my experiences visiting colleges with you. Hopefully you will find these notes useful. If you like the schools I discuss you should do everything you can to visit on your own, but this should tide you over until you can. At the end of June I […]
“So You Don’t Have To”: A Visit to DePaul University
As promised, I will use this space to share my experiences visiting colleges with you. Hopefully you will find these notes useful. If you like the schools I discuss you should do everything you can to visit on your own, but this should tide you over until you can. At the end of June I was […]
“So You Don’t Have To”: Notes From Visits to Colleges
Despite the date above, this post is continuously updated to include links to all of the posts in my series “So You Don’t Have To”. Thanks for reading! In my role as a college counselor I have visited many colleges and universities all over America. For the past couple of years, I have written […]
In The News: Demographic Trends In The United States & What They Mean For College Education; Pt. 1
Ever since I was a kid, one of my favorite daily rituals has been reading the newspaper. Nowadays, I rarely actually read the news in its “dead tree” format, but on a daily basis I do visit the websites of the following newspapers: the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Citizen’s Voice […]
“We Are…”: Inside Penn State
On January 14-15, 2013 I had the privilege of attending the “Building Relationships” program at Penn State University. “Building Relationships” brings a small number of college counselors for an intensive exposure to Penn State, with the goal of raising counselors’ awareness of the state’s flagship public university while giving Penn State admissions professionals a chance […]
SAT & ACT Security Policies & What They Mean To You
Starting in 2013 America’s two college entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT will be drastically tightening their security procedures. They seem to be motivated by the general fetish for increased security in America and also by some recent “scandals”, but the result will be a significantly different test-taking experience for millions of college-bound high […]
On Gaining Admission to A Most Competitive College
As part of Parents’ Weekend at Wyoming Seminary, the College Guidance office hosted a presentation by Jordan Pascucci of the University of Pennsylvania. Jordan is an admissions representative for Penn, responsible for covering the Middle East, Central and South Asia, United Kingdom and other territories, and at one time she also had responsibility for Northeastern […]