(Megan’s Graduation From Rice University) Last week I shared my experience of selecting a college as a high school senior. You can read the full story here. I realized in the spring of my sophomore year that I wanted to transfer schools. My Second Time Applying To College I began my college search all over [...]
(Megan as a freshman at The George Washington University) Week after week I share with you my knowledge and experience in the field of test preparation and college admissions counseling, but I don’t want you to think I’m infallible. In fact, my personal college experience includes a string of mistakes and some bad college planning [...]
High-Level Olympic Achievement It takes focus to achieve at a high level. Whether students want to excel in sports, arts, or academics, they need to concentrate on their goals and commit to the steps that lead to success. I keep thinking of the Citibank commercial during the Olympics featuring athletes saying: “Take a day off? [...]
Too many parents and students can remember a bad experience from school where they felt work was unfairly evaluated. If different teachers look for different things, it seems improbably for a standardized system to grade things like the SAT essay section. Many wonder how SAT essays are graded and how the process could be [...]
Should students go to the best school they were accepted to, even if they will graduate with more debt? What is the “best college”? I emphasize “fit” when counseling students and families on college choice. The best college for you may be different than the best college for me because our interests, majors, learning styles, [...]
Thanksgiving time means football and lots of it. I’m a Rice Owl, a pretty standard mascot. Maybe your school mascot is one of the top twelve most common: eagles, tigers, bulldogs, panthers, knights, lions, bears, hawks, cougars, pioneers, warriors, or wildcats. Here are some odd, interesting, and unique college mascots. (It might be fun [...]
Today I was a guest on Terri Craig’s radio show, “Real Women, Real Results.” It was a pleasure speaking with Terri. This interview really captures what I love about my job. I covered so many topics relating to SAT / ACT prep and college planning: Different uses for the SAT / ACT. Why the SAT [...]
Here’s where I can become a very unpopular person in the discussion. Whether I am speaking to a large group or sitting down with one family, the college planning discussion always comes to the topic of course selection. And with some students my popularity drops. Everyone knows colleges are looking at academics, part of that [...]
