by Dana Ponsky | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Over the past ten years as a college counselor, I have been asked countless times by families: Does my student need to visit a college before he/she/they apply? Can’t we just wait until they’re accepted before I/we have to take time off of work or spend money to...
by Dana Ponsky | May 24, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Summer is around the corner and many families are crossing the final “t’s” and dotting the final “i’s” of their plans. For many high school students however, the pressure to have a summer that is filled with non-stop activities, programs, or travel plans can sometimes...
by Cait Foster | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog
It all started in June of last year when our guidance counselor called a meeting in the auditorium to discuss the high school application process with the 7th graders and their parents. We were handed a massive book with all the high schools in New York City; every...
by Karen Berlin Ishii | Dec 29, 2018 | Blog
For most parents, the smartest, simplest advice I can give is to start their child’s test prep six months earlier than they had planned. “But my older child got into Stuyvesant and he did nothing more than a couple of practice tests in...
by Maurice Frumkin | Dec 29, 2018 | Blog
I often get the question, “We’ve done all this work submitting applications, now what happens and why does it take so long to get results?” The bad news is, there’s a somewhat agonizing wait for 8th grade families across the city to receive their high school...
