Grandparents that want to help pay for your college expenses are a huge help, but make sure to follow these tips to minimize the effects their gifts might have on…
Shannon Vasconcelos, a former Financial Aid Officer, goes over the reasons you may want to fill out a FAFSA application even if you don't believe you will qualify.
This came as little surprise to those of us at Bright Horizons College Coach; we’d anticipated that colleges would offer a way for students to express how this global pandemic…
Using this statewide data, the UC system will identify the top 9% of students statewide, as well as the top 9% within each participating high school. In July, those rising…
First, we need to remember that colleges will all take our current extraordinary circumstances into consideration when evaluating applications for admission. Accept that it is ok to slow down. There…
Fall means applying for financial aid. Below we answer the most frequently asked questions about the timing of your financial aid application. When is the soonest I can apply for…
Here was our take then. A gap year involves delaying enrollment at a college for one year, often for travel, volunteer, or employment experiences. Students must ask their enrolling college…
Former college admissions officer and current College Coach Tova Tolman explains how colleges review transcripts and what role course selection and rigor play in the admissions process.
The college application essay is many high school students’ first real effort at writing, not about an academic subject, but about themselves. Taking a close look at and discussing oneself…
What happened? In all likelihood, the source of this flood was participation in the PSAT. Colleges purchase from the College Board lists of PSAT-takers that meet specified criteria, including falling…
We work with them to spend the summer and part of the fall editing list to include roughly two safeties, three-to-five targets, and maybe a couple of reaches. Seven or…
As students prepare to apply to college, many families ask us at Bright Horizons College Coach about the role of social media in college admissions, specifically the college research, application,…