Four well-established admissions directors discussed Covid-19’s impact on the class of 2022, this year’s high school juniors. Applerouth’s Ginger Fay moderated a webinar February 7 with George Washington University’s Carol Lee Conchar, Georgia Tech’s Rick Clark, University of Wisconsin’s André Phillips, and Washington & Lee’s Leonard Satterwhite as they addressed the test-optional landscape, holistic admissions, essays, and how to connect

Claire Law is a Certified Educational Planner and author of “How to Control Your College Costs,” to be released this spring. In this video, Karen A. Hott of Two Bridges College Consulting interviews Claire with real questions from actual parents whose kids will be attending college in fall of 2021. The interview covers FAFSA and CSS Profile; Pell Grants and

Why go to school in the Upper Midwest? What could I tell students from the Southeast about Minnesota, as most of us in Maryland and south think of Minnesota as a land encased in ice? The Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul have activities all year long, with festivities to celebrate what winter brings. Macalester is in St. Paul; St. Olaf and

You can read about colleges in the Princeton Review or the Fiske Guide, you can explore college websites, you can search Niche and Reddit. But now, thanks to Aly Beaumont at Admissions Village in Wilton, Connecticut, you can find students who are attending the colleges you are considering–and connect with them to ask them your questions about life at their

Jan. 12, 2021 A private research college in Colorado with about 6,000 undergraduates and 7,000 graduate students, the University of Denver is called, perplexingly, “DU” by its staff (the website is du.edu). It has five divisions: Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, International Studies, Business, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Engineering & Computer Science. Admission is to the university, not to

January 2021 For decades, high school juniors embarked on the spring-semester adventure of visiting colleges to glimpse what might lie in their futures. Families planned spring break around these visits, perhaps flying out of state and renting a car to hit a number of campuses within driving distance of a central location, such as Los Angeles or Chicago. Others started

Why Documentation Matters Don’t trust your memory! After visiting multiple campuses, details start to blur. That picturesque quad… was it at Dartmouth or Williams? The amazing student center… Berkeley or UCLA? Thorough documentation is your best friend for making informed college decisions. If you don’t have a preferred note-taking system, you can use this handy sheet, either electronically or by

Be prepared when you visit colleges by having a list of questions ready to ask admissions representatives or tour guides. They’ll give you lots of information, but the download below can help you personalize your visit.

Demonstrated Interest Demonstrated interest, or engagement, is a factor in admissions at some, but not all, colleges or universities. (I use “colleges” to cover both.)  It may be as simple as keeping a file of how often you’ve emailed them or attended information sessions, or as sophisticated as tracking your interactions on their websites. The University of Rochester notes which