April 8, 2024
Blog Post: Tips and Strategies for Maximizing Your Chances of Admission to UT-Austin for Fall 2025

Maximizing Your Chances of Admission to UT-Austin for Fall 2025

Are you considering applying to the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) for Fall 2025 admission? If so, you’re not alone. With its stellar academic programs […]
March 18, 2024
Blog post: The Importance of Authentic Storytelling and Clear Communication

The Importance of Authentic Storytelling and Clear Communication

I’ve seen several TikToks lately as to what the phrase “out of pocket” means — and which generation is using the phrase right. Originally, the phrase […]
March 2, 2024
4 Reasons High Schoolers Should Start a Student Resume for Their College or University Applications

4 Reasons High Schoolers Should Start a Student Resume

You have to do a lot of writing in high school. Persuasive essays. Book reports. Creative writing. Presentations. But one thing you may not have written […]
March 13, 2023
Students talking with a college admission tour guide

Demystifying Demonstrated Interest for College Admissions: What It Is and Why It Matters

Reading time: 8 min. Are you currently in the throes of the college application process and feeling a bit overwhelmed? (Or maybe you’re getting ready to […]
January 22, 2023
Advertising the new blog post: College Admissions Prep: A Timeline for 9th-12th Grade

College Admissions: A Timeline for 9th-12th Grade

In February 2024, I spoke with a local PTO about what high school students, regardless of grade, and parents can be doing to prepare for (and […]
June 19, 2022
College Application Advice From Former Admission Officers

College Application Advice From Former Admission Officers 

The college admission process is more than a little mysterious. We all know that it happens, but we don't always really know how or why it […]
April 25, 2022
6 Tips for Navigating College Admissions — From the Class of 2021

Navigating College Admissions: 6 Tips

Amelia Byrd is a first-year advertising student at the University of Miami. She shares what she learned from applying to college and offers 6 pieces of […]
April 25, 2022
Answering Students' Top College Admission Essay Questions

The Admission Essay: Top Questions, Answered

Updated: April 18, 2023 The college admissions process can be overwhelming even under the best of circumstances. Chances are, you’ve got questions about your admission essays. […]
January 15, 2022
12 Tips From Parents to Ease the College Admissions Process

12 College Admission Tips From Parents

Hindsight may be 20/20 (or is it 2021?), but it isn't all for naught. Others can learn from what we did (or didn’t do). I asked […]
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