It’s easy to be comfortable with your way of doing things. But, “That’s the way we’ve always done it” isn’t a good reason to avoid trying something new. Every year at Collegewise, we try to improve how we do things. Sometimes they’re incremental changes that only we would notice. Other times, they’re fundamental changes to […]
Read More >Why juniors and seniors should save fall testing dates now
The SAT and ACT folks just announced their fall testing dates. These fall administrations will be the first given under new security measures that include SAT testers no longer being offered the option to test on a standby basis (for those who forget to sign up by the deadline and show up hoping to grab […]
Read More >Where did Harvard Business School students go to college?
According to Harvard Business School’s website, “A diverse background of undergraduate learning adds to the richness of the HBS experience. The classes of 2009—2011 are comprised of close to 500 institutions,” including: Albright CollegeArizona State UniversityBabson CollegeBall State UniversityBates CollegeBaylor UniversityBentley CollegeBerry CollegeBryn Mawr CollegeBucknell UniversityCarleton CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityCatholic UniversityClarkson UniversityClemson UniversityCollege of CharlestonCollege […]
Read More >An answer parents never like
When a parent at a college admissions seminar asks me which local high schools are the best, they never like the answer—high schools don’t get kids into college; kids who make the most of what their high school offers get themselves in. I understand their disappointment. Every good parent wants to make the right decisions […]
Read More >When are applications available?
Most colleges will release their applications sometime between August and October. Here are three ways to make sure you know when your schools release theirs. 1. Fill out the online forms to request more information. Submitting that form is the online equivalent of raising your hand and identifying yourself as a potential applicant. 2. If […]
Read More >The quickest way to get things done and make change
Seth Godin wrote on his blog last month that the quickest—not the easiest—way to get things done and make change is (1) Don't demand authority, (2) Eagerly take responsibility, and (3) Relentlessly give credit. Students can apply that advice to just about any activity you’re involved in. You don’t need to be the editor of […]
Read More >How to avoid college regrets
According to a recent survey done in April and May of this year, two out of three college graduates of the classes of 2006-2011 said they would have done something differently if they could do it all over again. That’s not surprising considering the data about the difficult job market for recent college grads and […]
Read More >How to get better customer support
A customer purchased one of our college downloadable videos (“How to Write Great College Essays”) from our online store recently and was unable to log in to her account to watch it. That’s only happened one time before in the past year, and it took me and our tech support guy most of the day […]
Read More >Five tips for students seeking outside scholarships
Applying for outside scholarships (those that come from sources other than the state, federal government, or the colleges themselves) can be a time-consuming process. And according to Mark Kantrowitz of finaid.org, the raw odds of winning an outside scholarship are approximately 1-10. Still, free money for college is always a good thing, so here are […]
Read More >The pleasure and peril of Score Choice
Score Choice is a free option you may choose when you register for the SAT or Subject Tests. It gives you the option to later choose which scores you send to colleges. If you take the SAT multiple times, you can select which dates to share. For Subject Tests, you may choose which individual scores to […]
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