by Kim Stodghill | Jan 17, 2025 | College Admissions
As parents, we only want the best for our kids. When it comes to college, this often means dreaming of acceptance letters from big-name schools. A lot of this comes from us equating these schools with future success. But what if chasing the “dream school”...
by Kim Stodghill | Jan 25, 2024 | College Admissions
As a parent, you want all your child’s hopes and dreams to come true. And when a deferral letter or email arrives from a college, you feel their disappointment almost as intensely as they do. While a deferral from your child’s Early Action or Early Decision school is...
by Kim Stodghill | Nov 20, 2023 | College Admissions
Your child has been researching college after college and now it’s time to start scheduling campus visits – exciting! Deciding where to spend the next four years of life is a big deal, and campus visits are like a backstage pass because glossy brochures and...
by Kim Stodghill | Jun 19, 2023 | College Admissions
“Why is it so hard to get into college now?” is a question I get A LOT from parents. In my 20+ years of counseling, I have never experienced a year like 2023 with so many unexpected college acceptance results. In recent years, the college admissions arena...
by Kim Stodghill | May 16, 2023 | College Admissions
A large part of what drives admissions decisions at colleges is what’s called institutional priorities. Institutional priorities can be part of why you may have heard that students with straight A’s and perfect test scores aren’t accepted. When, in contrast,...
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