Tips & Tools for the College Search
3 Key Predictors of College Success
Predicting college success is important to a lot of people for a lot of reasons. Students, obviously, want to know what they can do to be successful—it’s their future at stake. Parents want to know if their college investment is going to pay off. And last, but certainly not least, schools want to know if …
Parent Tips: DO’s and DON’Ts of Helping Your Child Apply for College
The college application process can feel daunting to anyone, never mind sixteen- or seventeen-year-olds trying to balance their social lives, romance lives, and . . . oh yeah, high school grades. That’s why it’s important that you, their parent, step in and partner with them through this life-changing process. Here is a short list of …
Educational Data Governance: Tips and Best Practices
We live in a world full of data. Everything from our name and age to our food preferences is stored in a vault or in a cloud, on some sort of server somewhere, waiting to be retrieved and pinged across the world for reasons as simple as signing in to our email account or as …
Early Action vs. Early Decision: What’s the difference . . . and should you bother?
Essays, recommendations, SATs, transcripts—getting all of these college application materials together by mid-December is no easy task. So why in the world would you want to aim for extra-early “early action” (EA) or “early decision” (ED) deadlines? The short answer is that, for the right type of student, there are benefits to applying early. For …
SAT Subject Tests: What are they, and why should I take them?
It’s fairly common knowledge: You have to take the SAT (in most cases) to get into college. But then what are the SAT Subject Tests? Are they optional? And if so, why the heck should you take them?
8 Ways to Show a College They’re Your Top Pick
So you’ve done the research, narrowed your list, and come out with one—or two, or three—top schools. These are your dream schools, or at least the ones you want to attend the most. The ones where you can envision yourself walking across campus, wind in your hair, smile on your face, synapses strengthening with every …
