We just received some nice feedback from a reader of our book “How to Prepare a Standout College Application: From LMO* to Admit”

(*Like Many Others)

You are digital natives, which means you’ve been online your whole lives. Things you think are private can come back to bite you.

Check out our latest interview with MarketWatch about the new “Adversity Score” that has been announced by the College Board, makers of the SAT.

"As applications to top schools continue to climb, students are increasingly relegated to waitlists. Colleges ostensibly use waitlists to fill spots that open up when admitted students decline to attend. But the lists have ballooned so much — some are even bigger than the size of a college’s incoming class — that college counselors have grown skeptical of their usefulness."Anna spoke with MarketWatch recently for a piece about waitlists at selective colleges. Read the rest of the piece here. 

Wow… it’s been a wild couple of days in the wake of the federal indictment against parents, sports coaches, a phony admissions consultant, and phony SAT/ACT proctor. It’s the Justice Department’s largest ever college admissions prosecution.

Well, not surprising, we have a few things to say about that. A lot, actually. Here’s the latest.

So many tests, so little time. When it comes to standardized testing for future college applicants, there are some decisions you have to make before fall of Senior year in high school to help you maximize your options when the time comes to apply. But there are ways to "work smarter, not harder."

Sometimes, even under the best of circumstances, you find an error in your applications after you've submitted them. Ouch. If you do find a mistake after you've already sent them off, don't panic. There are things you can do to set things right again.

If you have applied early to one or more colleges, the decision letter you received might not have contained a final decision. Instead of being admitted or denied, you might be notified that you have been "deferred."