"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...

College Kickstart is compiling 2024 application cycle admission rates and links to full reports as colleges make them available. Follow...

The good folks at College Kickstart maintain and update a blog listing each year's admission cycle notification dates and statistics. If...

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

Our friends at Compass Prep have provided a helpful new guide to making sense of the new digital SAT that replaces paper tests starting...

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

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...

The National Association for College Admission Counseling routinely conducts member surveys to determine what factors are most important...

One of the central conversations in college admission in the US for the last year has been the pending Supreme Court decision on the SFFA...

Two years ago, I was invited to speak on issues in the world of college admission post-pandemic, along with Femi Ogundele, Associate Vice...

The friendly folks behind Saratoga Today weekly and the seasonal Simply Saratoga magazine were kind enough to feature me in a profile in...

30 days hath September... That means Monday is May 1, aka May Day, aka National Candidate Reply Date for US college admission. If ...

There is a genuine mental health crisis among our teens. This article from the LA Times points out some of the source of anxiety in their...

Just a thought for this April weekend/ Passover/ Easter inspired by this quote I ran across. The best person to be is yourself. Follow...

I have some exciting news to share! As of July 2023, MSquared Counseling's home base will be in Saratoga Springs, New York. One of the...

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you...