Are middle school students really college bound?

October 19, 2010

While the biggest worries I remember from middle school were who would sit with me at lunch, today, middle schoolers are facing the early onset of the college admissions craze. If getting into a most selective college means taking the most advanced courses, then it’s true that the first steps of that path are taken [...]

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Extra! Extra! Write all about it!

October 19, 2010

Stuck on what to write about for your college essays? Who isn’t?! The New York Times has it all figured out.  Read on for their guide…
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/going-beyond-cliche-how-to-write-a-great-college-essay/

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Resources for Parents of Jewish Students Traversing the Admissions Process

September 21, 2010

I wanted to share two great resources that will be of help to the parents of Jewish students traversing the admissions process. One is Reform Judaism Magazine’s Annual Guide to College Life, including the list of the top 60 “Schools Jews Choose” (http://reformjudaismmag.org/fall_2010/collegeguide/).
The other is a new initiative by Hillel to focus on schools [...]

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Extra, Extra! Read all about – me!

August 10, 2010

Fay College Counseling is featured in today’s Washington Post Express “Getting Ahead” section. Read the article and post your comments HERE.

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Now it Only takes Two to Make Things Alright

August 10, 2010

OK, so I know Fay CC clients aren’t old enough to know the R&B song “It Takes Two,” but I am and the song is on my mind today having read the news that as of this fall, no US colleges are requiring three SAT IIs.  Two will do, even for the last two holdouts: [...]

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Not Giving Grades Gets an A

June 5, 2010

Last August, a Duke professor announced her intention to have her students grade each other (read the original story, with links to the professor’s blog, here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/03/grading).
A year later, the results are in: the students in the experimental class all got As, and the professor reports both the students and the process earned top marks [...]

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Don’t Miss This!

May 19, 2010

The Colleges That Change Lives are coming to Bethesda this weekend. Parents and students, you don’t want to miss this chance to get to know 40 terrific schools and their student-first approach to education.  Click here for more information: http://www.ctcl.org/events/washington-dc10.

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The Common App is here uncommonly early!

May 18, 2010

The printed version of the 2010-2011 Common Application is now available on the Common App website (https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/CommonApp2011.pdf).
The online version won’t be available until August 1, but at least you can get a jump on your essays!  The Common Application is now accepted by 414 colleges and universities, including 27 new members for 2010-2011.  Among the [...]

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May I have the questions, please?

May 18, 2010

The Chronicle of Higher Education has just published a good summary of the role interviews in the college admissions process, which quotes several of my former colleagues from my own days as a college admission interviewer. Read it here: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Enduring-Mystery-of-the/65545/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en.

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PR Decides to Raise Awareness Rather Than Scores

May 14, 2010

Prompted in part by a Better Business Bureau inquiry brought by competitor, Kaplan, Princeton Review has decided to eliminate claims of specific score increases from their advertisements. This piece from Inside Higher Ed does a great job of walking us through the controversy surrounding test prep companies and their claims.  If you want to be [...]

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