When I was in high school, one of my favorite things about summer break was that it afforded me the time and opportunity to read for pleasure, a hobby that frequently got pushed to the back burner during the school year. A voracious reader, I spent many summer days engrossed in a book, [...]
As explained in my March 11 blog post, the College Board will introduce a redesigned SAT in 2016. This month, ACT announced that it, too, will be making changes, though they are not nearly as extreme as those being made to the SAT. The new SAT will incorporate changes to both the test's [...]
It goes without saying that high school students with higher grades generally have a better chance of getting into college. But getting good grades in high school also improves one's chances of earning more money in his or her career. A recent study by researchers at the University of Miami found that [...]
I recently had an article published on Road2College.com. The article is aimed at students and parents, and it addresses common misconceptions about the college preparation process. You can read the article here.
You've received your acceptance letters, and, if you're lucky, you're now facing the arduous task of choosing among several great options. On the other hand, you may be upset that you didn't get into your top choice school(s) and now have to select from "less desirable" colleges. For many students, [...]
By now, most people have heard about Kwasi Enin, the young man from New York who was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges. Students who didn't fare as well in the college admissions process may be asking, "Why him?" and "Why not me?" When a student does everything he or she [...]
Whoever decided that April 1 should be the national notification deadline for college admissions decisions had a rather twisted sense of humor: "Hey, let's make April Fool's Day the final day for high school students to find out if they were admitted to or denied from the colleges of their [...]
Many high school juniors are just beginning their college search. But for those who are interested in our nation's military academies, there is no time to waste, as their application processes begin earlier and are much more involved than that for other colleges and universities. Each branch of the military has [...]
If you are a high school freshman or younger, the SAT you'll eventually take will be quite different from the one that's now in existence. Last week, the College Board, which produces and administers the SAT, announced that it will begin offering a revamped version of the test in 2016. The changes [...]
That is the question that Debbie Stier, a mother of two from Irvington, New York, set out to answer. When her eldest son was a sophomore in high school, Stier decided that, in order to motivate him to begin studying for the SAT, she would study for it herself. Her [...]
