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Mark Moody
Feb 18 min read
About Independent College Counselors, and About Me
How my 25 years of experience distinguish me in an unregulated profession.
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Mark Moody
Dec 15, 20242 min read
MSquared Class of 2025 Early Outcomes!
I have had a lot of fun working with my current class of seniors. It is my first fully enrolled cohort of 20 students since I launched my...
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Mark Moody
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Summer Program Search Resources
Here are a few resources for finding summer programs. I'll update as more come my way!
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Mark Moody
Nov 19, 20241 min read
After You Submit Applications...
From my insta... next steps after you send off those applications!
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Mark Moody
Oct 29, 20241 min read
Before you hit "submit" on those applications...
Last-minute tips to send those applications off with confidence!
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Mark Moody
Aug 16, 20245 min read
8 Essay Keys from Experts, Summarized by ChatGPT
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...
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Mark Moody
Oct 23, 20232 min read
College Admission 2023: What matters to admission offices now
The National Association for College Admission Counseling routinely conducts member surveys to determine what factors are most important...
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Mark Moody
Oct 23, 20233 min read
What to know about awareness of race in admission after SCOTUS
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...
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Mark Moody
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Looking Back on the Future of College Admission
Two years ago, I was invited to speak on issues in the world of college admission post-pandemic, along with Femi Ogundele, Associate Vice...
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Mark Moody
Sep 26, 20231 min read
Local News: Cutting through college prep stress
The friendly folks behind Saratoga Today weekly and the seasonal Simply Saratoga magazine were kind enough to feature me in a profile in...
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Mark Moody
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Independent College Counseling in the Upstate NY Capital District
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...
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