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College Planning

Test-optional admission during the pandemic and implications for college selectivity and enrollment

Test-optional admission during the pandemic and implications for college selectivity and enrollment

Is Test-Optional Over? Why Test Scores Still Matter

Is Test-Optional Over? Why Test Scores Still Matter

In 2024, several elite colleges dropped their test-optional admissions policies and returned to req...
Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth End Test-Optional — Will Other Schools Follow?

Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth End Test-Optional — Will Other Schools Follow?

  In February 2024, Dartmouth and Yale — two Ivy League universities — announced that ...

College Rankings

13 Tips to Prepare for Law School

13 Tips to Prepare for Law School

Do you want to be a lawyer? In the United States, you need to graduate from a 4-year college and then go to law school if you want to practice law. What is the best way to prepare for law school? What should you be doing in your undergraduate years to make yourself the most ...

College Search

The 2023 Counselors That Change Lives Awards – Colleges That Change Lives

The 2023 Counselors That Change Lives Awards – Colleges That Change Lives

The Counselors That Change Lives Award recognizes those whose dedication to the college counseling profession reflects the CTCL ideals. By helping students frame their search beyond the ratings and rankings to find a col...

Graduate Admissions

Selecting a Grad School Admissions Consultant

Selecting a Grad School Admissions Consultant

Seven years ago, I wrote a blog post by the same title that offered a framework for selecting a graduate school admissions consultant.  As a former Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Science...

Online Colleges

15 Google Meet Ideas For Teachers

15 Google Meet Ideas For Teachers

You can make the most of Google Meet with your students with the best and most fun Google Meet Ideas for Teachers to lighten up your online classes. Even after the Pandemic, teachers and students still interact wi...