by Dana Ponsky | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Year after year, students and families take on the college application process with a balance of excitement and trepidation. The excitement is usually around the opportunity to explore what’s next after high school, thinking about the future, preparing for change, and...
by Maurice Frumkin | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
For most people, school admissions is not a top priority right now, nor should it be. At the same time, I’m hearing a lot of comments from parents about the application process such as, “There’s nothing I can do,” or “I feel like I can’t make any progress.” I’m...
by Dana Ponsky | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
As I spend hours a day reading news reports, emails from college admissions offices, and managing my overwhelmed professional association lists, I find that the same words keeping popping up: Unprecedented, unknown, uncertainty, test-optional, waitlists, gap year, and...
by Maurice Frumkin | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
As the Coronavirus situation changes hour by hour, so do our thoughts about what’s to come in the months and years ahead. Indeed, as you read this, the situation surrounding the crisis will have already changed from the time this was written, perhaps even...
by Maurice Frumkin | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I sit down with students during an initial consultation, after I ask many questions about grades, test scores, favorite and least favorite subjects, and extracurricular activities, the question that usually prompts smiles on the face of families and surprises...
by Dana Ponsky | Feb 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
For students and parents in 11th grade, the time has come to begin the early stages of the college application process. While there are no applications being filled out right now, there is plenty of preparation that happens in the months leading up to determining what...
