Yearly Archives: 2015

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More than 60 colleges offer free summer and fall visits for under-represented and diverse high school seniors. We list all that we can find by providing the program and application dates and links to applications. If we provide a * before the college name, the trip is free. If we provide a (D), trip is for exclusively for diverse students. We also give you estimated GPA and test scores for each college.

2015 Free Diversity College Visits

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May is a key time of year for high school juniors. Proactive college planning will empower their senior year college application process. Below we provide key testing, summer planning, counseling, and college visiting tips.

May Junior College Readiness Leads to Senior Success

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Last night, I presented to a full house of students and families at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles on “Choosing the Right College Fit.” Many families need to start early with developing good college lists so that their students can have many college options. There are hundreds of great […]

Choosing the Right College Fit

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If you’re reading this article, you are most likely one of the tens of thousands of seniors placed on college waitlists, the new strategy for enrollment management. If you really want to go to a college that waitlisted you, do not wait to follow as many of these 10 tips as possible.

Don’t Wait To Get Off A College Waitlist

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April is college decision month for high school seniors who have until May 1 to decide which college to accept. The brutal process of applying to college and waiting for acceptances is now over. Now, the seniors get to decide which college’s offer of admissions to accept. While many adults and students often get attached to college names, colleges are so much more than their names.

What’s In A Name: Helping Students Accept The Best College ...

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