College Smart Advising

University of Penn Dean of Admissions: When Your Teen Doesn't Get In The choice to not admit a student doesn’t diminish the accomplishments, enthusiasm or aspirations that are real for that student.

Day one of forever. Love you both ❤️

Edward’s last flight at HSC 3. Gary and Edward at commissioning. Col JC Richardson, US Army Air Corps and USAF. And my dad, CAPT USN.

A harsh (but fair) critique of the UC's decision to drop ACT/SAT requirements.

The University of California Is Lying to Us Does getting right with contemporary concepts of anti-racism mean reviving one of the state’s most shameful traditions?

Spectacular Fourth of July

Everything WILL be okay in the end.

http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2019/03/its-going-to-be-okay.html

Seniors should expect an *unprecedented* spring of admissions decisions.

Expect College Wait Lists to Be Obnoxiously Long This Year Students have applied to more schools, and admissions officers are struggling to predict who will actually accept their offers.

One more reason to keep those grades up: Merit scholarships are based on high school courses and grades (and testing when we aren't in the middle of a pandemic).

High School Grades Could Be Worth $100,000. Time to Tell Your Child? Most colleges and universities now use a “merit” aid strategy to solicit teenagers. Your eighth grader probably ought to know how it works.

Interesting interpretation of the Early Action and Early Decision results from this month...

2020 Early Application Numbers Defy Expectations Colleges applications are up, admission rates are down —  and applicants need to stay upbeat

Funny? Not funny?

College Application Essay Prompts For the 2020-2021 Cycle 1. Write about a personal challenge you have recently faced and how it has shaped who you are today. While we would prefer you write about somethin...

Will most colleges return to requiring the SAT and ACT, or has the shift to test-optional started a permanent change in college admissions?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-25-1-600-colleges-are-now-test-optional-how-many-will-go-back

The question of the week: to submit your scores, or not.

When and when not to submit test scores in applying to college Joining the revolving door of changes coming at you in response to COVID-19, colleges and universities are now test-optional, test-blind, test-flexible or