In Forbes, I wrote about the 4 Trends Impacting U.S. college admissions in 2020. They include a revolution in standardized testing, greater transparency in the admissions process and increased demand for online degree programs.

In the last entry, I told you about Mike who started his own peer-review club to help him finish his book, which he published on Amazon.com. Now I’ll share with you a list of other activities that admissions officers consider to be absolutely outstanding. The...

If you read the title of this post and got a shiver down your spine, a racing heart, or a tightness in your body, you’re not alone. Many students are afraid to approach professors, admissions officers and other personnel of the college. I totally understand your pain,...

Four years, over 2 million minutes and over 1 billion seconds of high school comes down to 8 minutes of admissions review. Eight minutes! What am I talking about? In case you missed it, The Wall Street Journal reported that elite colleges like Penn, Rice and Bucknell...