That is what Reaches are for. You apply to several and that's it. But to continue applying to Reach schools just to see if you get in is not a smart move. Its costly, time-consuming and emotionally draining because in the back of your mind, you have high hopes for acceptances and when they don't come in, it's all just really bad. It's better to apply to no more than 10 schools: 3 Reaches, 4 Targets and 3 Safeties and that's it. No more than that. If you did the process corr

You have only several weeks to wrap up your college essays and submit your applications! Stop procrastinating and get to work! How? Read up on this article which helps you overcome this problem and helps you finish your college applications! https://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Essay-Without-Procrastinating #supplementalessays #collegeapplicationprocess

And the start of a new college application process! Yeap, it's here! But don't be afraid! This should be a fun process! Yes! A fun process in which you will learn so much about yourself, your likes and dislikes and who you are to become! This is the start of new adventure in which the next stop will be college but, in the end, it is about you finding out who you will become! It will be a great year! Check out this fabulous article written several years ago but still applicab

And the beginning of college admission stress! But take it easy!! Even though there is lots to do, if you do a little each day, a lot will get done!! Read the below link on how to handle stress while beginning with the college application process: https://blog.edmodo.com/2016/11/18/nine-tips-make-college-admissions-less-stressful/ #collegeapplicationprocess

Check out what's new in The Common Application for 2018-2019! Click below: https://www.commonapp.org/whats-appening/application-updates/what%E2%80%99s-new-2018-19-common-app #commonapp #collegeapplicationprocess

Now that all schools are starting to reply their college decisions, we may see target schools, maybe even safety schools, rejecting students while reaches are accepting them. Huh? Exactly! Please read this article which helps explain why the college application process can be so confusing! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/opinion/college-applications-stress.html?_r=0 #admissionstips #collegeapplicationprocess

Good luck to those accepted ED or EA! But if you were deferred, do not panic! There are steps you can take to get yourself out of the DEFERRED pile into the ACCEPTED pile in March! Check out this article: https://www.thoughtco.com/handling-college-application-deferment-788894 #deferralwaitliststrategy #collegeapplicationprocess

And how do you do that? For starters, you have to think about at least four key characteristics that you would love your future school to have. What are these? 1) Does the school have the major(s) you are intending to study? 2) Is the school's location appealing to you (East Coast, West Coast, South Coast etc.) ? 3) Is the campus size suitable for you (small, medium, or large)? and 4) Do you like its campus setting (City, Suburb, Rural)? After you define these, you can start

Yes! On the one hand, students have so much information and technology to help in the college admission process and, on the other, students have so much information and technology to confuse them and misinformed them on the college admission process. This is why hiring an IEC is so important! Please read this article on why getting into college nowadays is so much harder than it was in the past. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/is-college-really-harder-to

Everyone welcome back to a new school year! This year is an exciting one! There are no new SATs, no new ACTs nor no new Financial Aid deadlines to worry about. Everything pretty much stays the same as last year. So why is this exciting? Because you don't have to worry about any of this! All you have to do is start with the college admissions process and that's it! But before you start, read the below article from Forbes magazine which was written back in 2014 but is still ap