SAT is administered by the College Board- https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat ACT website for registration- https://www.act.org/ … [Read more...]
Law School Applications Surge
The number of admissions applications to law schools in the U.S. this year has increased 28% from last year, according to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). Applications this year were at their highest level since 2011, and that’s creating difficulty for students facing more competition in admissions. It’s also complicating admissions for law school admissions professionals, which in some cases have resorted to asking accepted students to … [Read more...]
After College Applications
Congratulations! You're done submitting your college applications! Now what? Unfortunately, the upcoming time period of waiting for admissions decisions can be stressful. But you can't just sit back and wait! Here are a few things to work on while waiting.... Create College Portal Accounts Many colleges offer student applicants an account online to check their application status. Often called Application Information Systems or Portals, … [Read more...]
Open House Days at Texas Colleges
Open houses, like campus tours, provide students with a unique opportunity to get information so they can decide whether or not to apply to the school. A college open house is an event where visitors are allowed access to a campus in order to learn more about it. During open houses, you can expect to see a number of important and knowledgeable people associated with a college. Deans, professors, coaches, admissions counselors, safety … [Read more...]
Personal Insight Questions for UC application
Thinking about applying to one of the nine campuses within the University of California system? Then you'll need the UC application. It's open for Class of 2022 students and due November 30. Instead of essays, the UC application has Personal Insight Questions for applicants. Students write 4 short answers out of the 8 topics given. Directions You will have 8 questions to choose from. You must respond to only 4 of the 8 questions.Each … [Read more...]
College Acceptances for Class of 2020
Every year, we have students who are accepted to popular Texas colleges, including UT, UT Dallas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and UH. Congrats to our students who are headed off to some awesome colleges! We had 25 seniors who were accepted to: Arizona State UniversityBoston UniversityCase WesternColorado State UniversityColorado School of MinesCornellDuke UniversityEmory UniversityGeorgia TechHunter Honors College at CUNYJohns … [Read more...]
Summer Workshops for College Essays
Attention Class of 2021 students! Looking for a college prep summer workshop to get ahead of those important college essays? Want expert advice and guidance for your teen this summer? Essay workshops will be held online during summer 2020 for students in the class of 2021. Each workshop is very limited in size so students will get individualized attention for their college essays. Click here for more information about these summer … [Read more...]
Update about AP Exams
Update: April 3, 20202 AP Exam Schedule released Update from College Board regarding AP Exams For the 2019–20 exam administration only, students can take a 45-minute online exam at home. Beginning on Wednesday, March 25, students and teachers can attend free, live AP review courses, delivered by AP teachers from across the country. It appears that AP Art exams will consist of 3 submitted works (instead of 5). Computer … [Read more...]
Connecting Naviance to Common App
If your high school uses Naviance, you can connect your account to your Common App account. First, make sure you've added your high school to the Education Section under the Common App tab. Next, under the Colleges tab, select one college and click the "Recommenders and FERPA" section. Here's a useful video: … [Read more...]
College Acceptances for Class of 2019
Congrats to our students who are headed off to some awesome colleges! We had 25 seniors who were accepted to: Arizona State UniversityBaylor UniversityBenedictine CollegeBoston UniversityCollege of William and MaryColorado State UniversityColorado School of MinesDuke UniversityEmory UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyGeorgia TechLSUMcGill University (Canada)Miami University (Ohio)NYUOhio State UniversityPenn StatePepperdine … [Read more...]
