
Educational Consultant Says Explore Your Options
Mark uses the University of California in Santa Barbara as an example of a school that gives students multiple avenues to getting a degree.

Mark uses the University of California in Santa Barbara as an example of a school that gives students multiple avenues to getting a degree.

Mark advises students to consider the surroundings when picking a college.

Mark visits Vassar College and talks about some of its more left-leaning tendencies.

Great College Advice speaks from the campus of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, about the importance of finding a college whose culture will fit with you.

Great College Advice visits Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to showcase its energetic campus.

Mark talks about the outdoor opportunities offered by attending Bates College.

Interviews are an important element of the admissions process. In the first in a series of posts on nailing the admissions interview, Mark explains why colleges offer interviews in the application process.

Does your GPA reflect the knowledge you gained in a class? The answer, according to an article recently published by the Association of Middle Level Education, is probably not. Teachers rely on grade point averages for the sake of simplicity, not because these averages reflect mastery of material.

At the heart of every college essay is a good story. Everyone loves a good story, but what are the elements that make it good. Reflecting on these elements can help you improve your essay and thus your chances of acceptance at your top choice university.