Last month, we did some myth busting on why an Ivy League education is rarely worth the cost. But what about college in general? With all of the buzz in the media and on the campaign trail about rising tuition…
With the new school year fast approaching, we know that the admissions process has you increasingly inundated with information that ranges from valuable, to slightly overhyped, to just plain untrue. This month, we’re mythbusting! We’ll take a look at the…
With the new school year fast approaching, we know that the admissions process has you increasingly inundated with information that ranges from valuable, to slightly overhyped, to just plain untrue. This month, we’re mythbusting! We’ll take a look at the…
College Admissions Myth-Busting With the new school year fast approaching, we know that the admissions process has you increasingly inundated with information that ranges from valuable, to slightly overhyped, to just plain untrue. This month, we’re mythbusting! We’ll take a…
As we mentioned last week, we recently did our own college tour of several schools in the South. We visited Duke, Elon, High Point, and UNC. We chose these schools because we have worked with many students who have applied…
We are fresh off our annual college tour (we go visit several schools each year so that we can continue to offer our families new thoughts about perennial favorites as well as add new schools to our most-recommended list), and…
Seniors can usually take a deep breath and enjoy the fact that they are on the downward slope of their high school years. If they’ve maintained good grades and set themselves up well by participating in extracurriculars, senior year should…
Junior year: i.e., the year when things get real. Many students coast through freshman and sophomore years of high school, secure in their awareness that college is a long, long way off. But then junior year begins, and reality comes…
We know you want to make the most out of each year of high school, but figuring out how to do that can be overwhelming. The EA checklists for incoming freshmen, sophomores, and juniors provide a great starting place. Our…
Though kids sometimes find it hard to believe, the high school years fly by quickly. In fact, most of our parents feel like they just graduated high school themselves and can’t believe that they already have kids who are entering…