As I've mentioned elsewhere this fall, the FAFSA application for federal student aid is being updated this year, and was delayed from the...

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

College Counseling Advice for Seniors Senior year is definitely well under way! You're settled into your roles as leaders in your high...

I cite Jon Boeckenstedt (pronounced, as he says, as if you're telling someone you aren't a fan of Mozart, you like Bach instead) often...

Since ChatGPT created a massive cultural paradigm shift last year, one of the hottest topics and biggest questions in college admission...

If you scroll through my blog archives, you'll see plenty of articles and commentary I've shared about the deeply flawed US News College...

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

Here's some good news in the college admission world amid an increasingly confusing standardized testing landscape. Pomona College, one...

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...

As deadlines are approaching, and students make sure they have all the pieces in place for their applications, you can find some relief...

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...

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

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

It's hard to explain the annual national conference of NACAC, the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Imagine 7,000...

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

I hope that seniors are feeling refreshed and recharged from a restful and productive summer. The start of August has arrived, and that...