How to SHINE: Top Tips to Ace Your College Interviews
Dear Students and Parents, I recently published this article and wanted to share it with you personally. Following a student's Birkman, I recommend they conduct informational interviews with professionals that currently work in the top career fields ... Read More >
Don’t roll the dice when it comes to your student’s college dreams.
Essays are the most time consuming and difficult part of the college application process, and students totally underestimate their importance. A student who applies to 5-10 colleges will need to write between 5 and 20 essays to complete their applications! ... Read More >
Giving Thanks
Dear Families and Students, We are thankful for you. In the speed and distractions of everyday life, especially during college application season, we often strive to accomplish goals and can easily forget to take time to pause and to appreciate what ... Read More >
How to Tackle Essays and Rejection Letters
Seniors: Send Texas A&M and UT Austin applications by mid-November. Deadline is December 1. How to Tackle Essays and Rejection Letters You may receive college rejection letters as early as November. Such a letter is not an assessment of your personal ... Read More >
Scary Stories… From the Desk of Dr. Dennard
One student knew that he had submitted all of the required documents and could not figure out why his application was not complete. It took a phone call to the out-of-state College Admissions Office to discover that 2 admissions applications had been ... Read More >
The Early Bird Gets the Worm
There’s more than one way to apply to college, and the array of application options confuses most first-time applicants. Regular deadlines, normally around January 1, give seniors the entire fall semester and winter break to write essays and complete ... Read More >
Enjoy Life, but Don’t Let Fun Impede Your Goals
Seniors: At this time, you’re really beginning to feel the crunch and workload of college apps and essays (almost another class) and class work. Fitzgerald said, “At three o’clock in the morning, it is always the long, dark night of the soul.” ... Read More >
FAFSA Changes to Accelerate Admissions and Aid Cycles
Recent changes by the U.S. Department of Education to the FAFSA (financial aid form) deadlines will most certainly accelerate college admissions deadlines, acceptances and aid offers. FAFSA is now open October 1st in the year preceding the freshman ... Read More >