The Insider: College Admissions Advice from the Experts

Demonstrating Interest without Spending a Lot

You’ve identified your dream school(s) and you have a strong list of other colleges to apply to. Your numbers (GPA, standardized test scores) are where they need to be. You’re working on an essay that’s going to show your admission officer (AO) who you are and how you’ll fit into her school.

Transferring Colleges: Two-Year to Four-Year

There are lots of reasons – financial, academic, lifestyle – to start your college career at a two-year college.  Whatever went into your decision, you’ve changed and been changed by your two years at community college. Now that you’re thinking about applying to a four-year college, what do you do?

This summer we are introducing students and families to a different member of the College Coach admissions team. Drop in to see what we’re reading, where we went to school, and our strategies for beginning the college essay. As you work with us to find an educational consultant who best fits your needs or the needs of your child, we will help you consider the personality and working styles that will bring out the best in you or your student. Today we introduce Steve Brennan, who works with students both in our Laguna Hills, CA office and remotely.

Milwaukee doesn’t have a hospitable winter climate, and the arena was a mile away from our dorm. Didn’t matter. The team was just above .500. Didn’t matter. Games were often on weeknights, with tests and papers due the next day. Didn’t matter. We painted our faces, donned our gold (under multiple layers of fleece and thermals), and made the trip – usually on foot, even though there were shuttles available – yelling the whole way. Men’s basketball was a unifying factor on campus, part of the reason I picked my school, and the source of some of my fondest undergrad memories.

Can you believe it’s nearly August?  Because the Common Application goes “live” on August 1, some would argue the last week of July is the last week of summer.  While technically it’s still summer, time is passing!  So what’s your college application plan?  Your child’s future is nearly here.  Are you ready?  Do you have your timeline set for the next few months?  Know what’s coming?  You can learn how to have a stress free rest-of-summer with our "Ten pre-application steps."  Download it now before the summer passes you by!