Major Spotlight: Fine Arts
Students interested in the visual arts may choose to pursue their passion either at a specialized art institute or as an art major at a more comprehensive...
Handling Denials and How Parents Can Help
The natural reaction for parents, when they see their child suffering, is to try and make it better. College denials are inevitable in an atmosphere of increasingly...
Trends From This Strange Year
The COVID pandemic has changed the way college-bound students interact with colleges and vice versa, both discovering new virtual ways to learn about the other....
Should You Fill Out Financial Aid Forms?
Families going through the college application process with their seniors might be wondering if they need to complete the FAFSA(Free Application for Federal...
To Test or Not to Test?
With so much uncertainty about test requirements for the high school class of 2022, juniors may be torn over whether they should prepare for and take the SAT and/or...
Time to Transfer (During COVID)?
In normal times, transfer students face a number of barriers applying to and switching colleges, but add the pressures of the current moment, and the transfer...
More Changes Coming to FAFSA
The FAFSA Simplification Act of 2021 brings a slew of changes to the FAFSA that will begin with the 2022-23 application cycle (when current sophomores are seniors)....
Enhancing Your Learning with MOOCs
Chances are good that there’s a MOOC in most students’ futures. MOOC stands for “Massive Open Online Course,” and has been impacting education for several years....
Major Spotlight: Foreign Language
As the world becomes ever more interconnected, fluency in multiple languages is a highly desirable skill. A wide variety of companies and organizations require...
Three Reasons to Consider a Gap Year
“Taking that year off can be liberating and the perfect choice for the right student. ”
Members of the high school class of 2020 took gap years in record...