Every Transcript Tells a Story

Colleges can tell more about you from your transcript than you think. How are you performing in comparison to the other students at your high school? Has your attendance been consistent? Have you become more or less motivated as a student? Are you challenging...

You Are A Jigsaw Puzzle

This article is published in the 2017 I’m First Guide to College By Bruce Poch College applications are evaluated in most places not by formula but by close readers. The more selective the college, the more likely it is that grades and scores are not where the...

Building Your College List: Put Your List Into Three Categories

This article is published in the 2017 I’m First Guide to College By Kelly Herrington Predicting admission is never an exact science. Most students apply to between four and eight colleges. Try to put the colleges on your list into one of three categories: “likely,”...

What Size College is "Right" for You?

This article is published in the 2017 I’m First Guide to College By Karen Gross How can you know whether you are better suited to a larger university or a small liberal arts college? Well, instead of looking at size as the central dividing line among colleges, think...