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College Applications During a Pandemic

Posted October 28, 2020, 2:00 pm by Joyce Slayton Mitchell

Change. Change is and will be the action word in your life now and for the next few academic years. “Oh no! I’m a senior – my last year of...

How to Pick the Right College to Improve Your Chances of Acceptance into Medical School

Posted August 10, 2020, 3:59 pm by Nadine Evans

Whether you’re a senior high school student applying to college or just at the start of your undergraduate degree, you have a lot of upcoming decisions to make. One of...

How High School Students Can Make the Best of Quarantine

Posted July 29, 2020, 6:23 pm by Dr. Amy Morgenstern

I’ll never forget the time Evelyn, a rising senior, was rejected from every ultra prestigious summer program she’d applied. “No worries,” I quickly reassured her and her mom. “A DIY...

College Class of 2024: To College Or Not To College?

Posted July 23, 2020, 4:15 pm by Joyce Slayton Mitchell

Change. Change is and will be the action word in your life now and for the next few academic years. Easy for the rest of us to say, and so...

How Do We Plan for College Now?

Posted June 24, 2020, 6:30 pm by Jason Vallozzi

College admissions has always been overwhelming and stressful to families. There is a new level of college stress for families stemming from so much uncertainty for underclassmen students due to...

JUNIORS: College Selection in the Coronavirus Season

Posted April 28, 2020, 12:21 pm by Joyce Slayton Mitchell

Trying to imagine applying to college is hard to do. Being at home instead of at school with your friends, teachers, friends, school counselor, and friends is not where you...