February Retreat We had our first retreat in February (and by "retreat," we don’t mean a military operation in which we withdrew our forces). Our Orange County, Los Angeles and New York offices retreated to a classroom in Irvine for two days to discuss some of the finer points of college counseling. What are some […]
Read More >January News for Friends and Family
The 2007 Collegewise Holiday Party We don’t need much to have a good time at Collegewise. Just good friends, good food, and of course, Snoop Dogg* (doesn’t everybody need a little more Snoop in their lives). The Collegewise 2007 Holiday Party at The House of Blues on the Sunset Strip was a rousing success. A […]
Read More >5 New Year’s Resolutions Colleges Want You to Make
Lose weight? Stop biting your nails? Quit selling your little brother’s possessions on Ebay? Sure, you can make those resolutions (and your little brother will probably thank you). But they won’t help you get into college. Here are five resolutions that colleges would love to see all future applicants make. 1. Learn what you love. […]
Read More >You, too, can be a crazy fan!
We all know that Duke has some wonderfully crazy basketball fans. There just aren’t many places where students will camp out in tents (in the cold) to get tickets. But as hard as it is for a Duke student to get a ticket to a Blue Devil basketball game, it’s even harder for a high […]
Read More >New Year’s Resolution #1
I visited In-N-Out Burger not once, but twice during the recent Collegewise holiday. And I was struck by two things. First, their grilled cheese is just delicious. Second, every single employee at every In-N-Out Burger that I have ever visited seems so happy to be working there. I don’t know if it’s the type of […]
Read More >December News for Friends and Family
College Tours The Irvine counseling quartet of Jennifer, Margot, Allison and Kyle recently returned from a tour of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Santa Barbara and UWT (the University of Wine Tasting, which was their favorite of the three, by the way). UCSB alumn Kyle proved to be an adept tour guide for her […]
Read More >Nice Kids Finish First
Good things happen to nice kids. During application season, the Collegewise counselors are a little bit like the legend of Santa Claus. We know which kids have been naughty and which have been nice. We notice the seniors who were on time for all of their appointments, who always returned our phone calls, and who […]
Read More >5 Things Seniors Can Still Do to Help Them Get Into College
Seniors, whether you’ve already submitted your applications, or if you’re planning one final application assault over the holiday break, here are five ways you can still improve your chances of admission to college. 1. Keep working hard in school We know that might sound like the same old advice, but the truth is that a […]
Read More >November News for Friends and Family
The New-and-Improved Collegewise Los Angeles is Open for Business In spite of a lack of significant photographic evidence to substantiate this claim, we really do have a new office space in Los Angeles. It’s big and beautiful with windows and offices and we can’t wait to show it off on our blog and in person. […]
Read More >The One Thing You Need To Know About…
The more advice you’re given about college admissions, the more complicated the whole process seems. So this month, we picked some of the most common college admissions topics and, for each one, asked ourselves, "What’s the one thing a student really needs to know about this?" Read one to find five of those of those […]
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