I am seeing ads lately for subscription services or downloads of step-by-step Common App guides to get you subscribed to be sold more...

Using AI prompt engineering, students can enhance their college search through interactive, guided conversations. The alternating...

From my insta... next steps after you send off those applications!

Last-minute tips to send those applications off with confidence!

Rick Clark of Georgia Tech is a source of lots of great college admission advice. In this piece for Grown & Flown, he cuts right to the...

Human nature and probability.

There's a lot of talk about using ChatGPT, as it gets more sophisticated, as a constructive tool. I had a wild thought and asked ChatGPT...

Reflection, personal growth and confidence through 650-word mini memoirs.

There are better ways to spend time in high school than paid research opportunities and "branding" efforts.

Understanding teacher recommendations

"The data are in: we are not good at predicting what will make us happy. This is known and documented. So as we watch another class of...

My good friend and former colleague Sara Purviance of Mindset College Collective shares some good advice on making a low-stress entry...

I couldn't agree more with Brennan Barnard's latest blog post suggesting good habits for those in the college admission cycle this year--...

I'm grateful (see what I did there) to Sara for sharing these timely thoughts about gratitude. Sara was my colleague for several years,...

The conversation about college in the US continues to feel fraught with uncertainty, with changing admission practices post-pandemic,...

If you know a senior applying to colleges this year, here is some advice on what follows all that energy leading up to the celebratory...

Post 3 of 3 (Read Pt 1 & Pt 2) Writing an Effective College Admissions Essay: Honesty is the Best Policy Anne Elrod Whitney, Ph.D. My...

Post 2 of 3 (Read Part 1) Writing College Admissions Essays: Who Cares? You Do Anne Elrod Whitney, Ph.D. When you let your emotions tell...

Anne Elrod Whitney is a brilliant teacher of teachers of writing at Penn State. Anne and I were elementary school classmates from grades...

My friend and former colleague Sara Purviance is a smart and compassionate counselor, with a background in admission at Colorado College...