
Advanced Placement Courses Good for College Admission?
When it comes to the Advanced Placement or AP program offered by the College Board, parents and students have all sorts of questions. Are Advanced Placement courses good for college

When it comes to the Advanced Placement or AP program offered by the College Board, parents and students have all sorts of questions. Are Advanced Placement courses good for college

My clients who aspire toward a career in fine art know that they need to prepare a portfolio of their work to present to admissions officers. These portfolios need to

During my recent visit to the University of Wyoming, I met a woman from Suzhou, China, chattering away in Mandarin with a friend. I had learned that there were significant

Just a couple of weeks ago, the National Council for College Admissions Counseling issued a report calling on colleges to reduce the importance of standardized scores in the admissions process.

I recently visited the University of Wyoming. Situated in Laramie, the university is the only four-year college in the entire state. As such, the entire population is focused on providing

Princeton Review’s Guide to the Best 368 Colleges is a best seller. For good reason. It can be very helpful in elucidating some of the key features of the colleges

I was recently talking with a colleague about the merits of students taking a year off between high school and college to do something different, fulfilling, and fun. The GAP

I received an interesting question today from a friend and colleague who does tutoring and test prep for the ACT and the SAT. Here’s what she wrote: Hi, Mark. I

A hilarious front page article in this week’s The Onion leads with this headline: Closing of Homeless Shelter Leaves College-Application Padding Students with Nowhere to Turn Doors Shut on Much-Needed