The college-for-all rallying cry has gone bust. Find out why. This is the ideal time to select the teachers who will write your letter(s) of recommendation for college. Junior core academic teachers are usually the best recommenders … [Read more...]
Ace Your Virtual College Admissions Interview
In these days of shifting college admissions criteria, interviews can be more important than ever. With test-optional policies, grade inflation, and other trends disrupting how admissions offices make their decisions, the importance of … [Read more...]
6 College-Related Problems and Proposed Solutions in the Time of COVID-19
As a professional consultant working with corporate, non-profit and governmental organizations within the college admissions sector, I am offering this article to support awareness and encourage student-centered decisions at a time when … [Read more...]
Updated Dates for SAT and ACT for 2020-2021
Back to School 4-Part Series, Part IV: Closing the Opportunity Gap for America’s Underserved Students
Author’s note—This is the final installation in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explored why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, … [Read more...]
Back to School 4-Part Series, Part III: Closing the Opportunity Gap for America’s Underserved Students
Author’s note—This is part III in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explored why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, and Part IV … [Read more...]
Back to School 4-Part Series, Part II: Closing the Opportunity Gap for America’s Underserved Students
Author’s note—This is part II in a IV-part series of research articles: Parts I & II explore why and how US public high school students face significant inequity when aspiring to attain college and career readiness, and Parts III & … [Read more...]
Back to School 4-Part Series, Part I: Closing the Opportunity Gap for America’s Underserved Students
Author’s note—This begins a 4-part series of research articles: Parts I & II will explore why and how US public high school students face significant inequity in terms of attaining college and career readiness, and Parts III & IV … [Read more...]
Interview About the GATE Philosophy of Higher Education in the US With KQRS (Recorded 8-8-16 during morning drive time)
Happy Graduation! (Yikes, What Now?)
My 11th grade daughter recently had the sort of epiphany many teenagers experience—some sooner, some later. Although she has been hearing about the college admissions process for many years, it was only in her drama class that it struck … [Read more...]
Tips for Teens: Be In-the-Know About the Battle Between the SAT and ACT
Q: What are college-bound teens to do when the adults in charge of guiding their futures behave less maturely than they do? A: Get informed! Confession: I am a standardized test agnostic. That is, I equally doubt that anything is … [Read more...]
SAT vs. ACT: Duopoly Duel
Standardized college assessment giant ACT Inc. recently announced that it has released a new test as part of an apparent student bidding war between ACT Inc. and The College Board’s SAT college preparatory system. According to Education … [Read more...]
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