This week we welcome Regional Director of Admission for the Mid-Atlantic, Kathleen Voss, to the blog. Welcome, Kathleen! When I started out in college admission, my director at the time encouraged me to learn as much as I could about financial aid. I worked for a small school, and we had to wear a lot […]
Beyond the Numbers: How Test Scores Are Used in Admission
This week we welcome Senior Assistant Director for International Admission, Sara Riggs, to the blog. Welcome, Sara! I have a bad habit of misplacing my driver’s license. Usually, I request a replacement online. However, when I recently stashed it in a hiking bag or airport-designated travel pouch (or wherever licenses go to disappear), the impending […]
The blog post about money! Pt. 2
This fall my quadruplet cousins started college. Yes. Four people, all at once. When they say it takes a village to raise a child, that is of course quadrupled for four children – it has been a team effort. And while money is a general anxiety with four children (never mind all at the same […]
Rigor: The Not-So-Secret Ingredient of your College Application “Pizza”
This week we welcome Assistant Director of Admission, Danielle Foote, to the blog. Welcome, Danielle! In the college application process, there are a lot of pieces you will likely start and finish within your senior year—writing essays, gathering documents, synthesizing your resume of activities—these are just a few. However, one foundational piece of your college […]
Preparing Your College Application: You Are Asking the Wrong Questions
I recently worked seven days in a row with six of those days boasting some very large college fairs. You can find some of my thoughts about college fairs here and I have more thoughts on that topic in a part 2 coming next spring. Notable fair moments included fairs so hot my glasses fogged […]